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Lean Calculus

Section 3.4 Chain Rule

The derivative has one more, arguably more fundamental, basic property that is generally referred to as the chain rule.
Letโ€™s try it out.
\begin{equation*} \begin{array}{llll} (sin(x^2))' \amp = \amp (x^2)'sin'(x^2) \amp (\text{from the chain rule}) \\ \amp = \amp 2xcos(x^2) \amp (\text{known derivatives}) \\ \end{array} \end{equation*}