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Differentiation of composities with respect to a parameter

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

Alistair Gray
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics, La Trobe University, Victoria, 3083, Australia
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A formula is established for differentiating the composite F(ξ)○G(ξ) with respect to the parameter ξ where F and G are maps which assumetheir values in function spaces. This composite is denoted by . Use of this notation, together with the tangent functor T, enables the formula to be written in the variable-free form where π1 is a projection map and TF(ξ) = T(F(ξ)). Formal verificationof this formula is straightforward. It has application to many small divisor problems such as those which occur in celestial mechanics.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1975

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