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higher derivatives of implicit equation?
09-16-2017, 11:33 AM (This post was last modified: 09-16-2017 05:20 PM by DrD.)
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higher derivatives of implicit equation?
Can higher order derivatives be obtained in CAS, (without programming)?

Example:
z:=(3*x^2-y^2) = 16,
simplify(implicit_diff(z,x,y))
leads to 3*x /y as the first derivative of z.

How would one obtain the (Second derivative): d^2y/dx^2=(3*y-3*x*3*x/y)/y^2 (or simplified equivalent)?

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