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  2. Completing the square - Wikipedia

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    Given a quadratic polynomial of the form + the numbers h and k may be interpreted as the Cartesian coordinates of the vertex (or stationary point) of the parabola. That is, h is the x -coordinate of the axis of symmetry (i.e. the axis of symmetry has equation x = h ), and k is the minimum value (or maximum value, if a < 0) of the quadratic ...

  3. Closed-form expression - Wikipedia

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    The quadratic formula =. is a closed form of the solutions to the general quadratic equation + + =. More generally, in the context of polynomial equations, a closed form of a solution is a solution in radicals; that is, a closed-form expression for which the allowed functions are only n th-roots and field operations (+,,, /).

  4. Change of basis - Wikipedia

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    This change can be computed by substituting the "old" coordinates for their expressions in terms of the "new" coordinates. More precisely, if f(x) is the expression of the function in terms of the old coordinates, and if x = Ay is the change-of-base formula, then f(Ay) is the expression of the same function in terms of the new coordinates.

  5. System of polynomial equations - Wikipedia

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    where h is a univariate polynomial in x 0 of degree D and g 0, ..., g n are univariate polynomials in x 0 of degree less than D. Given a zero-dimensional polynomial system over the rational numbers, the RUR has the following properties. All but a finite number linear combinations of the variables are separating variables.

  6. Polynomial - Wikipedia

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    More precisely, a function f of one argument from a given domain is a polynomial function if there exists a polynomial + + + + + that evaluates to () for all x in the domain of f (here, n is a non-negative integer and a 0, a 1, a 2, ..., a n are constant coefficients). [23]

  7. Polynomial transformation - Wikipedia

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    Let = + + +be a polynomial, and , …, be its complex roots (not necessarily distinct). For any constant c, the polynomial whose roots are +, …, + is = = + + +.If the coefficients of P are integers and the constant = is a rational number, the coefficients of Q may be not integers, but the polynomial c n Q has integer coefficients and has the same roots as Q.

  8. Change of variables - Wikipedia

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    Difficult integrals may also be solved by simplifying the integral using a change of variables given by the corresponding Jacobian matrix and determinant. [1] Using the Jacobian determinant and the corresponding change of variable that it gives is the basis of coordinate systems such as polar, cylindrical, and spherical coordinate systems.

  9. Homogeneous coordinates - Wikipedia

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    Rational Bézier curve – polynomial curve defined in homogeneous coordinates (blue) and its projection on plane – rational curve (red) In mathematics, homogeneous coordinates or projective coordinates, introduced by August Ferdinand Möbius in his 1827 work Der barycentrische Calcul, [1] [2] [3] are a system of coordinates used in projective geometry, just as Cartesian coordinates are used ...