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2016 A discrete view of Faà di Bruno
Raymond A. Beauregard, Vladimir A. Dobrushkin
Rocky Mountain J. Math. 46(1): 73-83 (2016). DOI: 10.1216/RMJ-2016-46-1-73

Abstract

It is shown how solving a discrete convolution problem gives a unique insight into the famous Faa di Bruno formula for the $n$th derivative of a composite function.

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Raymond A. Beauregard. Vladimir A. Dobrushkin. "A discrete view of Faà di Bruno." Rocky Mountain J. Math. 46 (1) 73 - 83, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1216/RMJ-2016-46-1-73

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Published: 2016
First available in Project Euclid: 23 May 2016

MathSciNet: MR3506078
zbMATH: 06587820
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1216/RMJ-2016-46-1-73

Subjects:
Primary: 11B37 , 11B83 , 39A12

Keywords: discrete convolution , multinomial coefficient

Rights: Copyright © 2016 Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium

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