On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 10:33 AM, Terry Blanton <hohlr...@gmail.com> wrote:
So jerk is conserved, snap is conserved, crackle is conserved, pop is > conserved and all higher as yet unnamed derivatives are also > conserved. If anyone is unfamiliar with or a little incredulous at the use of these terms, they appear to be more than ones that Grimer coined. In order of increasing derivative of the position vector with respect to time, there is velocity, acceleration, jerk and jounce. Beyond jounce, the facetious terms "snap," "crackle," and "pop" have been proposed although not necessarily adopted [1]. I feel I'm getting a little more entertainment out of the explanation about the use of the jerk vector to obtain energy from the unbalanced wheel than I should. Eric [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jounce
