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If there is a single variable and its differential is held constant, we have already given the method for finding differentials of any order. That is, if the differential of any function is differentiated again, we obtain its second differential. If this is again differentiated, we get the third differential, and so forth. This same rule holds whether the function involves several variables or only one, whose first differential is not kept constant.
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Euler (2000). On the Higher Differentiation of Differential Formulas. In: Foundations of Differential Calculus. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22645-1_8
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