Chain rule for denominator in second order derivatives

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What is the chain rule for switching the denominator of a second order derivative?
Given ## \frac{d^2x}{dy^2} ##, what is the chain rule for transforming to ##\frac{d^2 x}{dz^2} ##?

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FactChecker said:
##dx/dz = dx/dy*dy/dz## (chain rule)
So
##d^2x/d^2z = dx/dy*d^2y/d^2z + d^2x/dxdz*dy/dz## (product rule)

You've got a typo there. The second term should be ##\frac{d^2x}{dydz}##.
 
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Great. Thanks so much!