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kristijo
Nov9-04, 08:34 PM
What is the name of the seventh derivative of a position function? I know the first derivative is velocity and the second is acceleration, and the third is jerk. But what is the realworld use of a 7th derivative??

Tide
Nov9-04, 11:34 PM
I don't believe it has any special name.