Let R {\displaystyle {}R} be a commutative K {\displaystyle {}K} -Algebra over a field K {\displaystyle {}K} and let δ 1 , … , δ n {\displaystyle {}\delta _{1},\ldots ,\delta _{n}} be derivations.
Then the composition δ n ∘ ⋯ ∘ δ 1 {\displaystyle {}\delta _{n}\circ \cdots \circ \delta _{1}} is sent under the natural map
to the image of the symmetric product δ n ⋯ δ 1 {\displaystyle {}\delta _{n}\cdots \delta _{1}} under the natural map