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Speed Limit, Acceleration Limit, Speed Required

June 10, 2021Original blog post

Road signs for mathematicians: a speed limit, then an acceleration limit, then a sign requiring speed to exist at all, with a fine for driving a nondifferentiable path.

Transcript

Road signs: "SPEED LIMIT 25 miles per hour" · "ACCELERATION LIMIT 25 miles per min²" · "SPEED REQUIRED" [a no-symbol over a jagged, cornered path] "nondifferentiability subject to fine"

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2021-06-10-speed-limit-acceleration-limit-speed-required/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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