Beyond velocity and acceleration: jerk, snap and higher derivatives (2016)

Lore has it that Snap, Crackle, and Pop are named after the three elves on Kellogg’s Rice Krispies cereal boxes.

I use them in the context of N-Body Simulations. Curious to learn about other contexts for their use - anyone?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth,_fifth,_and_sixth_deriv...