• billwashere
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    920 hours ago

    And I had no idea what the fourth derivative was called so I had to look it up. It’s called snap or jounce.

    • @nBodyProblem@lemmy.world
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      619 hours ago

      And fifth/sixth derivatives are crackle and pop because some physicists thought it would be funny to have it be “snap crackle and pop”

    • @0ops@lemm.ee
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      318 hours ago

      I remember when my calculus professor offhand mentioned these and jerk. He had a really dry sense of humor, so I didn’t realize that he wasn’t joking with us (the class) until like two semesters later.