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composed of them by passing in a `Dual` number and looking at the output.

We won't discuss higher-order differentiation in detail, but the reader is encouraged to
learn about [hyper-dual numbers](https://adl.stanford.edu/hyperdual/Fike_AIAA-2011-886.pdf),
learn about [hyper-dual numbers](https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.2011-886),
which extend dual numbers to higher orders by introducing extra ``\epsilon`` terms that can
cross-multiply. ForwardDiff's `Dual` number implementation naturally supports hyper-dual
numbers without additional code by allowing instances of the `Dual` type to nest within each
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