[HN Gopher] Higher order derivatives in everyday life?
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       Higher order derivatives in everyday life?
        
       Hi all, I read a Bloomberg article today
       (https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-27/fed-raises-
       rates-by-75-basis-points-to-double-down-on-inflation?srnd=premium)
       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.
        
       Author : ironSkillet
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2022-07-27 22:32 UTC (29 minutes ago)
        
       | jjgreen wrote:
       | They're rather important in roller-coaster rides, see for example
       | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0143-0807/37/6/06...
        
       | mac3n wrote:
       | "sudden" acceleration 0: position 1: velocity 2: acceleration 3:
       | jerk
        
       | mdcds wrote:
       | options trading
       | 
       | when you calculate risk/exposure of your position, you want to
       | consider Delta and its derivative, Gamma. But you also need to
       | consider the rate of change of Gamma.
        
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