If one were to chant, hum, or sing "ho di hi hi di ho ho ho" what specifically would they be trying to recall?

smartie806

Would this be the quotient rule? May 31 06, 8:46 AM

zbeckabee

It would, indeed! For remembering the order of taking the derivative of a quotient in calculus, the phrase "ho-di-hi, hi-di-ho, hoho" can be useful, where ho means the bottom, hi means the top, and di means the derivative. So, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=ho+di+hi+hi+di+ho+ho+ho&fulltext=Search May 31 06, 9:09 AM

DukeDawson

Duke Ellington. May 31 06, 1:05 PM

zbeckabee

My link should be this one... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mnemonics May 31 06, 1:45 PM

lanfranco

Wasn't it Cab Calloway who did the "Hi De Ho" thing? A little bit different from the mnemonic for the quotient rule. May 31 06, 5:36 PM

peasypod

Interesting turn of events here... Well, yes, Gerard's chesplonk has had me insane for the past two weeks I found myself trying to recall the order of taking the derivative of a quotient in calculus instead of trying to find the k in in the plonk bit. Maybe Kelvin, maybe keons, who knows... Nice going guys. Daws, I like that one, and I was thinking of Mr Van Dyke, personally. May 31 06, 7:44 PM

DukeDawson

Certainly was Cab and not Duke. I stand corrected. May 31 06, 8:14 PM

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