Ask HN: Higher order derivatives in everyday life?
by ironSkillet on Hacker News.
Hi all, I read a Bloomberg article today ( https://ift.tt/VKZneCH… ) 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.