Definition
The definition of a formal derivative is as follows: fix a ring R (not necessarily commutative) and let A = R be the ring of polynomials over R. Then the formal derivative is an operation on elements of A, where if
then its formal derivative is
just as for polynomials over the real or complex numbers.
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