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A general chain rule for distributional derivatives
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Abstract:

We prove a general chain rule for the distribution derivatives of the composite function $\upsilon (x) = f(u(x))$, where $u:{{\mathbf {R}}^n} \to {{\mathbf {R}}^m}$ has bounded variation and $f:{{\mathbf {R}}^m} \to {{\mathbf {R}}^k}$ is Lipschitz continuous.
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  • © Copyright 1990 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 108 (1990), 691-702
  • MSC: Primary 26B30; Secondary 46F10, 49F22
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1990-0969514-3
  • MathSciNet review: 969514