On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 9:39 PM, leaking pen <itsat...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> are crackle and pop really higher order derivatives of motion, or are you >> having some fun there? >> > > Did you read the reference: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jounce > > The notation [image: \vec s] (used in > [2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jounce#cite_note-MVisser1-2>) > is not to be confused with the displacement > vector<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement_vector> commonly > denoted similarly. Currently, there are no well-accepted designations for > the derivatives of jounce. The fourth, fifth and sixth derivatives of > position as a function of time are "sometimes somewhat > facetiously"[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jounce#cite_note-MVisser1-2> > [3] <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jounce#cite_note-PhysicsFAQ-3>referred > to as "Snap", "Crackle", and > "Pop"<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap,_Crackle,_and_Pop> > respectively. > I propose seventh derivative be called Sneezy. Harry
