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iainmerrick on July 28, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Higher order derivatives in everyday life?

And cars. Curves with higher-order continuity is why modern cars have such interesting smoothly curved surfaces.

psyc on July 28, 2022 [–]

This was the raison d'etre for Bézier curves. Its inventor and re-inventor worked at car companies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9zier_curve#Invention

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