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[–] Owl@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just keep taking derivatives and eventually you'll find one going in the direction you want.

[–] qaopjlll@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Owl@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Hah, yeah.

But on a real-world data set, even if the underlying phenomenon is e^x, you'll keep amplifying sample noise until the derivatives are basically random. Assuming you even have enough data to keep taking derivatives.