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Ask HN: Higher order derivatives in everyday life?

Hi all, I read a Bloomberg article today (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-27/fed-raise...) stating the following:

"Powell also said the Fed will slow the pace of increases [to interest rates] at some point"

This is referencing a 3rd derivative (loan obligation = base, interest rate = 1st derivative, change in interest rate = 2nd derivative, pace of changes in interest rate = 3rd derivative).

I was wondering if hackernews had any other interesting examples of higher order derivatives that one might encounter in everyday life.

231 points ironSkillet 4 years ago 161 comments

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