Interpretation of the Third Derivative

[j_sum1]

@Derleth

The fourth derivative has political implications: The change of jerk is called ‘inauguration’.

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That was genius.

[j_sum1]

@Chronos

I can believe it, but twelfth derivatives of what? Probably not the twelfth derivative of position with respect to time. Rather, they probably had some function (which could be almost anything) for which they had a Taylor series approximation, and they took the Taylor series out to twelve terms.

I’m going on memory here. It was the online source where I first read the terms snap, crackle and pop.
Taylor series to 12 terms seems a lot more likely. Thanks.