Calculus/Multivariable Calculus/Chain Rule

Rules of taking Jacobians

If f : R^m → Rⁿ, and h(x) : R^m → R are differentiable at 'p':

$J_{\mathbf {p} }(\mathbf {f} +\mathbf {g} )=J_{\mathbf {p} }\mathbf {f} +J_{\mathbf {p} }\mathbf {g}$
$J_{\mathbf {p} }(h\mathbf {f} )=hJ_{\mathbf {p} }\mathbf {f} +\mathbf {f} (\mathbf {p} )J_{\mathbf {p} }h$
$J_{\mathbf {p} }(\mathbf {f} \cdot \mathbf {g} )=\mathbf {g} ^{T}J_{\mathbf {p} }\mathbf {f} +\mathbf {f} ^{T}J_{\mathbf {p} }\mathbf {g}$

Important: make sure the order is right - matrix multiplication is not commutative!

Chain rule

The chain rule for functions of several variables is as follows. For f : R^m → Rⁿ and g : Rⁿ → R^p, and g o f differentiable at p, then the Jacobian is given by

\left(J_{\mathbf {f} (\mathbf {p} )}\mathbf {g} \right)\left(J_{\mathbf {p} }\mathbf {f} \right)

Again, we have matrix multiplication, so one must preserve this exact order. Compositions in one order may be defined, but not necessarily in the other way.

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