nLab jerk

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Differential geometry

synthetic differential geometry

Introductions

from point-set topology to differentiable manifolds

geometry of physics: coordinate systems, smooth spaces, manifolds, smooth homotopy types, supergeometry

Differentials

V-manifolds

smooth space

Tangency

The magic algebraic facts

Theorems

Axiomatics

cohesion

infinitesimal cohesion

tangent cohesion

differential cohesion

graded differential cohesion

singular cohesion

id ⊣ id ∨ ∨ fermionic ⇉ ⊣ ⇝ bosonic ⊥ ⊥ bosonic ⇝ ⊣ Rh rheonomic ∨ ∨ reduced ℜ ⊣ ℑ infinitesimal ⊥ ⊥ infinitesimal ℑ ⊣ & étale ∨ ∨ cohesive ʃ ⊣ ♭ discrete ⊥ ⊥ discrete ♭ ⊣ ♯ continuous ∨ ∨ ∅ ⊣ * \array{ && id &\dashv& id \\ && \vee && \vee \\ &\stackrel{fermionic}{}& \rightrightarrows &\dashv& \rightsquigarrow & \stackrel{bosonic}{} \\ && \bot && \bot \\ &\stackrel{bosonic}{} & \rightsquigarrow &\dashv& \mathrm{R}\!\!\mathrm{h} & \stackrel{rheonomic}{} \\ && \vee && \vee \\ &\stackrel{reduced}{} & \Re &\dashv& \Im & \stackrel{infinitesimal}{} \\ && \bot && \bot \\ &\stackrel{infinitesimal}{}& \Im &\dashv& \& & \stackrel{\text{étale}}{} \\ && \vee && \vee \\ &\stackrel{cohesive}{}& \esh &\dashv& \flat & \stackrel{discrete}{} \\ && \bot && \bot \\ &\stackrel{discrete}{}& \flat &\dashv& \sharp & \stackrel{continuous}{} \\ && \vee && \vee \\ && \emptyset &\dashv& \ast }

Models

Lie theory, ∞-Lie theory

differential equations, variational calculus

Chern-Weil theory, ∞-Chern-Weil theory

Cartan geometry (super, higher)

Physics

physics, mathematical physics, philosophy of physics

Surveys, textbooks and lecture notes

theory (physics), model (physics)

experiment, measurement, computable physics

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Definition

Given a Cartesian space VV and a smooth curve r:ℝ→Vr:\mathbb{R} \to V, the jerk of rr is given by the third derivative of rr: j≔∂ t 3rj \coloneqq \partial_t^3 r.

See also

References

See the references at differential geometry of curves and surfaces

See also

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