Puzzle Description:

It is the third derivative of position with respect to time. Or the rate at which acceleration changes.

#1: Lollipop (lollipop) on Dec 9, 2017

My calculus classes are decades behind me, but this puzzle has brought some of it back. I'm not saying whether that's a good thing or a bad thing ... but I must say it's a great title, Brian!

It's been a loooong time for me, also, but like Lollipop, I liked the title.

I was expecting Trump.

I was expecting Trump.

No politics, please, sunane.

I'm afraid I don't understand the title at all. Can some kind soul explain?

If your acceleration changed suddenly, you've been jerked.

also: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/cf/f7/a7/cff7a7544200ead69a9300b30efe8f4f--geek-tshirts-gifts-for-teens.jpg

Oh. Thank you.

If you say so.

And all this time I thought you were talking about a neighbor of mine.

Joe, Brian gave a nice explanation in his caption. My first life was as a physicist, so this is fun. I still tutor calculus and physics in my retirement, so ...

I agree that Brian gave a good explanation for the technically savvy. However, I was responding to a request for further explanation.

Yes, Joe is the kind soul who answered my inquiry. ^-^

I also saw "dt cubed" along with "What A Jerk" and was sure we were talking about trump (small t on purpose...nothing large about the man except his opinion of himself.)

No politics, please! This isn't the place.

Hilarious, Brian. Nice pun.

Good puzzle!

Reminds me of a history professor I had, he was from Britain. He told us that one time he was in an elevator, which made a sudden jolt. He said to the elevator operator "my, what a jerk!", and the elevator operator, an American, took it the wrong way.

For one of my math classes we had a visiting professor from Europe (I forget which country) who spoke English with quite a bit of an accent. During one class he was illustrating a problem on the chalk board and soon filled a large space with numbers, letters, signs, etc. When done he triumphantly turned to the class and asked, "And what do we have here?" Answering himself, he said. "We have a mess!"

This is so weird!! I JUST watched a Matt Parker video where he talked about taking successive derivatives to go from velocity to acceleration to jerk to snap (to crackle to pop). He collected data on a motocross track to try and chart them. Odd coincidence that an hour later this pops up! Lemme find the link....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sB2X5l5CsNs

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