On Thursday, August 29, 2019 at 2:18:30 PM UTC-5, Carl Eberhart wrote:
>
> derivative treats all parameters in the definition of a function as 
> constant.  Suppose some of them are themselves unknown functions of the 
> variable.
> I would like a procedure Derivative which accepts a list of these 
> parameters and returns an appropriate expression.
> For example,  if f(t)=a(t)*b(t)*c where a and b are unknown functions of 
> t, I want Derivative(f(t),t,[a,b]) to return (da(t)*b(t)+a(t)*db(t))*c
> I have tried various things using the existing derivative procedure, but 
> nothing that works
> Any suggestions would be welcome.
> Thanks
>
> *Thanks to Aaron Tresam and Harald Schilly for the rapid response, and 
> simple solution.*
>

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