generalizations of the Leibniz rule

$(fg)^{\prime}=f^{\prime}g+fg^{\prime}$

is known as the Leibniz rule. Below are various ways it can be generalized.

Higher derivatives

Let $f, g$ be real (or complex) functions defined on an open interval of $\mathbb{R}$ . If $f$ and $g$ are $k$ times differentiable, then

$(fg)^{(k)}=\sum_{r=0}^{k}{k\choose r}f^{(k-r)}g^{(r)}.$

Generalized Leibniz rule for more functions

Let $f_{1},\ldots,f_{r}$ be real (or complex) valued functions that are defined on an open interval of $\mathbb{R}$ . If $f_{1},\ldots,f_{r}$ are $n$ times differentiable, then

$\frac{d^{n}}{dt^{n}}\prod_{i=1}^{r}f_{i}(t)=\sum_{n_{1}+\cdots+n_{r}=n}{n% \choose n_{1},n_{2},\ldots,n_{r}}\prod_{i=1}^{r}\frac{d^{n_{i}}}{dt^{n_{i}}}f_% {i}(t).$

where ${n\choose n_{1},n_{2},\ldots,n_{r}}$ is the multinomial coefficient.

Leibniz rule for multi-indices

If $f,g:\mathbb{R}^{n}\to\mathbb{R}$ are smooth functions defined on an open set of $\mathbb{R}^{n}$ , and $j$ is a multi-index, then

$\partial^{j}(fg)=\sum_{i\leq j}{j\choose i}\partial^{i}(f)\,\partial^{j-i}(g),$

where $i$ is a multi-index.

References

1 Leibniz, Gottfried W. Symbolismus memorabilis calculi Algebraici et Infinitesimalis, in comparatione potentiarum et differentiarum; et de Lege Homogeneorum Transcendentali, Miscellanea Berolinensia ad incrementum scientiarum, ex scriptis Societati Regiae scientarum pp. 160-165 (1710). Available online at the http://bibliothek.bbaw.de/bibliothek-digital/digitalequellen/schriften/anzeige/index_html?band=01-misc/1&seite:int=184digital library of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy.

Title	generalizations of the Leibniz rule
Canonical name	GeneralizationsOfTheLeibnizRule
Date of creation	2013-03-22 14:30:18
Last modified on	2013-03-22 14:30:18
Owner	GeraW (6138)
Last modified by	GeraW (6138)
Numerical id	13
Author	GeraW (6138)
Entry type	Theorem
Classification	msc 26A06
Synonym	Leibniz rule
Related topic	MultinomialTheorem
Related topic	NthDerivativeOfADeterminant