# What's the generalisation of the quotient rule for higher derivatives?

I know that the product rule is generalised by Leibniz's general rule and the chain rule by Faà di Bruno's formula, but what about the quotient rule? Is there a generalisation for it analogous to these? Wikipedia mentions both Leibniz's general rule and Faà di Bruno's formula for the product and the chain rule, but rather nothing for the quotient rule.

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that's because you can apply Faa di Bruno's formula to g(x)^{-1} and then the product rule to f(x) and g(x)^{-1}. –  Qiaochu Yuan Sep 24 '10 at 5:00

As others have already said, you just apply the product rule to $f.g^{-1}.$ However, the is an American Mathematical Monthly article on how NOT to do it, which you may find instructive.

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I found a pdf online that had a result for a general formula for $$\frac{d^n}{dx^n} \left (\frac{f(x)}{g(x)} \right ).$$

Although I cannot find the resource again (I am looking because it had a proof), one formula is $$\frac{d^n}{dx^n} \left (\frac{f(x)}{g(x)} \right )=\frac{1}{g(x)} (f^{(n)}(x))-n! \sum_{j=1}^n \frac{g^{(n+1-j)}(x)}{(n+1-j!)} \frac{ \left (\frac{f(x)}{g(x)} \right)^{{{(j-1)}}}} {(j-1)!}.$$ Now don't attribute this to me, as I referenced from a source I am trying to find again. It, for me, is impractical and apply the product rule for $f\cdot g^{-1}$ is a lot easier, but I think the general formula is pretty good to know.

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Found the pdf, here. –  M. Knight Feb 28 at 1:52

Quotient Rule is actually Product Rule.

$D(u/v) = D(uw)$ where $w = 1/v$.

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