How do I find the derivative of pentation?

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How do I find the derivative of the first pentation function, i.e. x pentated to x. i can't even notate this in my graphing program so i don't know how to ask it to derive this function. pentation is the 5th hyperoperation, coming after tetration which is after exponentiation etc. x tetrated to n is x^x^x n times. tetration can be written as x^x and thus grapher and wolfram alpha can derive this function. pentation on the other hand, is x tetrated n times, which can not be written as a function in terms of multiplication or exponentiation, and thus i have no way of telling graphing programs what it is as a function.
 
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How about if you take the natural log of both sides approximately n times?
 
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