differentiation of combinations of functions of t, some of which are unknown

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Carl Eberhart

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Aug 29, 2019, 3:18:30 PM8/29/19
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derivative treats all parameters in the definition of a function as constant.  Suppose some of them are themselves unknown functions of the variable.
I would like a procedure Derivative which accepts a list of these parameters and returns an appropriate expression.
For example,  if f(t)=a(t)*b(t)*c where a and b are unknown functions of t, I want Derivative(f(t),t,[a,b]) to return (da(t)*b(t)+a(t)*db(t))*c
I have tried various things using the existing derivative procedure, but nothing that works
Any suggestions would be welcome.
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Carl Eberhart

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Aug 29, 2019, 3:26:43 PM8/29/19
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Thanks to Aaron Tresam and Harald Schilly for the rapid response, and simple solution.
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