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    shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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  • $begingroup$
    shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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    – mathworker21
    37 mins ago










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    What do you mean? that's what I wrote.
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    – Loren Meehan
    31 mins ago


















  • $begingroup$
    shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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    – mathworker21
    37 mins ago










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$begingroup$
shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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– mathworker21
37 mins ago




$begingroup$
shouldn't it be "what do $F'$ and $F''$ mean?"
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– mathworker21
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What do you mean? that's what I wrote.
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$f''$ denotes the second derivative of $f$; that is to say, it is the derivative of the derivative of $f$.






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    Don't beat yourself up over it, I can understand how it might happen for your first foray into calculus. A good chunk of the notation can be a bit unintuitive at times. :p
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    Don't beat yourself up over it, I can understand how it might happen for your first foray into calculus. A good chunk of the notation can be a bit unintuitive at times. :p
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    Don't beat yourself up over it, I can understand how it might happen for your first foray into calculus. A good chunk of the notation can be a bit unintuitive at times. :p
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Don't beat yourself up over it, I can understand how it might happen for your first foray into calculus. A good chunk of the notation can be a bit unintuitive at times. :p
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