Reverse Faà di Bruno's Formula for Cartesian Reverse Differential Categories
Reverse differentiation is an essential operation for automatic differentiation.Cartesian reverse differential categories axiomatize reverse differentiation in a categorical framework, where one of the primary axioms is the reverse chain rule, which is the formula that expresses the reverse derivative of a composition.Here, we present the reverse differential analogue of Fa di Bruno's Formula, which gives a higher-order reverse chain rule in a Cartesian reverse differential category.To properly do so, we also define partial reverse derivatives and higher-order reverse derivatives in a Cartesian reverse differential category.
Authors
- Jean-Simon Pacaud Lemay (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4124-3722)
- Aaron Biggin
Institutions
- Macquarie University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science
- Published
- 2025-09-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.4204/eptcs.429.6
- Primary Topic
- Functional Equations Stability Results
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Macquarie University
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research