chain rule
chain rule
nounDefinition of CHAIN RULE
: a mathematical rule concerning the differentiation of a function of a function (as f [u(x)]) by which under suitable conditions of continuity and differentiability one function is differentiated with respect to the second function considered as an independent variable and then the second function is differentiated with respect to its independent variable
First Known Use of CHAIN RULE
circa 1937
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