Hey mathy people

[cnoocy]

What do you consider the key facts and applications that should appear in a short introduction to differential calculus?

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[probably-lost.livejournal.com]

I'm trying to remember who at one point said of inflation, "the rate of increase of the rate of increase is slowing" (a statement about the third derivative!). I'll check in my calc book tomorrow (right now it's in my office and I'm not).