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An apostrophe after a function name, meaning its derivative.
Also known as: Prime notation, f prime, Tick notation
A prime marks a derivative and each additional prime raises the order, so f‴ is a third derivative. Like the dot it says nothing about which variable, and unlike the dot it carries no implication that the variable is time — the reader supplies that from the function's single argument.
Denotes the derivative of a function of one variable, one prime per order of differentiation.
Contexts: Mathematics
Gives way to a parenthesised superscript at the fourth derivative — f⁽⁴⁾ rather than f'''' — because four tick marks are not reliably countable.
Contexts: Mathematics
Is Lagrange's notation and is the default in single-variable calculus; it is ambiguous the moment a function has more than one argument.
Contexts: Mathematics
A short upward stroke set high and to the right of a letter, repeated for higher orders.