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Re:What is it like to understand advanced mathematics? by pavel_lishin on Sunday August 14, 2016 @07:52PM (#12287860)
What's the term for encountering some relatively unlikely concept multiple times in a short period? I was just looking at the Wikipedia page for the physics-variant of "jerk".
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Re:What is it like to understand advanced mathematics? by theoh on Sunday August 14, 2016 @08:15PM (#12287922)
Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.
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Re:What is it like to understand advanced mathematics? by batbomb on Sunday August 14, 2016 @08:13PM (#12287919)
That's the same one. I meant third derivative of position which is the derivative of acceleration, which is "jerk".
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