How does Leibniz notation work for second derivatives?

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Wataru
Sep 7, 2014

The Leibniz notation for y'' is {d^2y}/{dx^2}.

For example, if y=sinx, then
{dy}/{dx}=d/{dx}(sinx)=cosx
and
{d^2y}/{dx^2}=d/dx(cosx)=-sinx.

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