I have an expression that is the the sum and product of undefined derivatives and their derivatives.
e.g. fg+ Dt[f,t]g +Dt[g,{t,2}]f+
What I would like to find is the maximum order of the derivatives, and so 2 would be returned for the above example.
My first attempts use Cases
to make lists of the order of derivatives. This would send Dt[x_,t]->1
and Dt[x_,{t,n_}]->n
. However for some reason Dt[f,t]
and Dt[f,{t,2}]
fail to match with their respective patterns and don't trigger the rule. If, in the rules, the x_
is replaced with f
the rules will trigger but only for f
and no other function. Is there a way to do this search without a strict list of the available functions.