Title: 11_3 Higher Derivatives
Course: HELM Workbooks 2023-2024 > Section: HELM 11: Differentiation

The derivative, \( \dfrac{dy}{dx}\), is more expressly called the first derivative of \(y\). By differentiating the first derivative, we obtain the second derivative; by differentiating the second derivative we obtain the third derivative and so on. These second and subsequent derivatives are known as higher derivatives. Second derivatives in particular occur frequently in engineering contexts.