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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=mathematics">mathematics</a>, the <b>formal derivative</b> is an operation on elements of a <a href="page.php?w=polynomial_ring">polynomial ring</a> or a ring of <a href="page.php?w=formal_power_series">formal power series</a> that mimics the form of the <a href="page.php?w=derivative">derivative</a> from <a href="page.php?w=calculus">calculus</a>.  Though they appear similar, the algebraic advantage of a formal derivative is that it does not rely on the notion of a <a href="page.php?w=limit_%28mathematics%29">limit</a>,</p><p>
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