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  2. Fourth, fifth, and sixth derivatives of position - Wikipedia

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    The higher-order derivatives are less common than the first three; [1] [2] thus their names are not as standardized, though the concept of a minimum snap trajectory has been used in robotics. [ 3 ] The fourth derivative is referred to as snap , leading the fifth and sixth derivatives to be "sometimes somewhat facetiously" [ 4 ] called crackle ...

  3. Derivative - Wikipedia

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    One application of higher-order derivatives is in physics. Suppose that a function represents the position of an object at the time. The first derivative of that function is the velocity of an object with respect to time, the second derivative of the function is the acceleration of an object with respect to time, [28] and the third derivative ...

  4. Numerical differentiation - Wikipedia

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    Their algorithm is applicable to higher-order derivatives. A method based on numerical inversion of a complex Laplace transform was developed by Abate and Dubner. [21] An algorithm that can be used without requiring knowledge about the method or the character of the function was developed by Fornberg. [4]

  5. Differential of a function - Wikipedia

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    Informally, this motivates Leibniz's notation for higher-order derivatives () =. When the independent variable x itself is permitted to depend on other variables, then the expression becomes more complicated, as it must include also higher order differentials in x itself.

  6. Five-point stencil - Wikipedia

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    1.2 1D higher-order derivatives. ... The first derivative of a function f of a real variable at a point x can be approximated using a five-point stencil as: [1] ...

  7. Generalizations of the derivative - Wikipedia

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    For example, the second order partial derivatives of a scalar function of n variables can be organized into an n by n matrix, the Hessian matrix. One of the subtle points is that the higher derivatives are not intrinsically defined, and depend on the choice of the coordinates in a complicated fashion (in particular, the Hessian matrix of a ...

  8. Notation for differentiation - Wikipedia

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    If f is a function, then its derivative evaluated at x is written ′ (). It first appeared in print in 1749. [3] Higher derivatives are indicated using additional prime marks, as in ″ for the second derivative and ‴ for the third derivative. The use of repeated prime marks eventually becomes unwieldy.

  9. Taylor's theorem - Wikipedia

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    for the higher order partial derivatives is justified in this situation. The same is true if all the (k − 1)-th order partial derivatives of f exist in some neighborhood of a and are differentiable at a. [13] Then we say that f is k times differentiable at the point a.