Order (derivative)
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The order of a derivative is the number of successive differentiations performed to obtain the derivative from the original function. Formally, using Lagrange's notation for the derivative, the order- derivative is defined recursively by
The function itself is the order- derivative, the ordinary (first) derivative has order , the second derivative has order , and so on. In general, the derivative of order is called the th derivative.