Question

what is the graphical explanation of nth derivative?

Answer 1

Do u know what it is for the first and second?

Answer 2

yeah

Answer 3

i jst want answer of this question..............not a new question..............

Answer 4

No graphical explanation.

Answer 5

u can amuse yourself here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jounce

Answer 6

If a function is smooth (probably in the way you're used to thinking about it) if it's infinitely differentiable.

Answer 7

That's not what she's asking (at least not exactly).

Answer 8

lol crackle and pot so funny

Answer 9

there isnt any

Answer 10

only the first and second derivatives actually have any meaning when graphing

Answer 11

third, fourth etc do not really have any meaning.

Answer 12

however there is something about them that you can use for testing min/max of a function

Answer 13

i think the third derivative is used in physics are something i dont know
i seen it in a cal 1 book once and we never used
it was called the jerk

Answer 14

Yeah, it depends on what you're graphing. If you're graphing a positional graph, the graph of the third derivative will be its acceleration, the fourth will be jerk, etc., but there is no single meaning for the nth derivative.

Answer 15

You can do a graphic for the jerk, just about...

Answer 16

something about if the first n derivatives are zero at x=a , but the (n+1) derivative is non zero , then if (n+1) is even , and the (n+1)th derivative is positive then you have a local minimum , if (n+1) is even but the (n+1) derivative is negative then you have local maximum , and if (n+1) is odd then you a have a horizontal inflection

Answer 17

bit off a mouthful , probably wouldnt worry about it too much , but it comes from taylor series

Answer 18

which is second semester university maths

Answer 19

@moon meri happy now?

Answer 20

hmmm