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  2. Curve sketching - Wikipedia

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    The x intercepts are found by setting y equal to 0 in the equation of the curve and solving for x. Similarly, the y intercepts are found by setting x equal to 0 in the equation of the curve and solving for y. Determine the symmetry of the curve. If the exponent of x is always even in the equation of the curve then the y-axis is an axis of ...

  3. Linear equation - Wikipedia

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    The phrase "linear equation" takes its origin in this correspondence between lines and equations: a linear equation in two variables is an equation whose solutions form a line. If b ≠ 0 , the line is the graph of the function of x that has been defined in the preceding section.

  4. Analytic geometry - Wikipedia

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    These points form a line, and y = x is said to be the equation for this line. In general, linear equations involving x and y specify lines, quadratic equations specify conic sections, and more complicated equations describe more complicated figures. [17] Usually, a single equation corresponds to a curve on the plane.

  5. Linear function (calculus) - Wikipedia

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    The y-intercept point (,) = (,) corresponds to buying only 4 kg of sausage; while the x-intercept point (,) = (,) corresponds to buying only 2 kg of salami. Note that the graph includes points with negative values of x or y , which have no meaning in terms of the original variables (unless we imagine selling meat to the butcher).

  6. Line (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    This segment joins the origin with the closest point on the line to the origin. The normal form of the equation of a straight line on the plane is given by: ⁡ + ⁡ =, where is the angle of inclination of the normal segment (the oriented angle from the unit vector of the x-axis to this segment), and p is the (positive) length of the normal ...

  7. Lagrange inversion theorem - Wikipedia

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    Suppose z is defined as a function of w by an equation of the form = where f is analytic at a point a and ′ Then it is possible to invert or solve the equation for w, expressing it in the form = given by a power series [1]

  8. Cusp (singularity) - Wikipedia

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    Consider a smooth real-valued function of two variables, say f (x, y) where x and y are real numbers.So f is a function from the plane to the line. The space of all such smooth functions is acted upon by the group of diffeomorphisms of the plane and the diffeomorphisms of the line, i.e. diffeomorphic changes of coordinate in both the source and the target.

  9. Inverse quadratic interpolation - Wikipedia

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    In numerical analysis, inverse quadratic interpolation is a root-finding algorithm, meaning that it is an algorithm for solving equations of the form f(x) = 0.The idea is to use quadratic interpolation to approximate the inverse of f.