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  2. Brachistochrone curve - Wikipedia

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    The curve of fastest descent is not a straight or polygonal line (blue) but a cycloid (red).. In physics and mathematics, a brachistochrone curve (from Ancient Greek βράχιστος χρόνος (brákhistos khrónos) 'shortest time'), [1] or curve of fastest descent, is the one lying on the plane between a point A and a lower point B, where B is not directly below A, on which a bead slides ...

  3. Cubic equation - Wikipedia

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    The other roots of the equation are obtained either by changing of cube root or, equivalently, by multiplying the cube root by a primitive cube root of unity, that is . This formula for the roots is always correct except when p = q = 0 , with the proviso that if p = 0 , the square root is chosen so that C ≠ 0 .

  4. Cubic function - Wikipedia

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    The roots, stationary points, inflection point and concavity of a cubic polynomial x 3 − 6x 2 + 9x − 4 (solid black curve) and its first (dashed red) and second (dotted orange) derivatives. The critical points of a cubic function are its stationary points, that is the points where the slope of the function is zero. [2]

  5. Gauss–Legendre quadrature - Wikipedia

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    x i are the roots of the nth Legendre polynomial. This choice of quadrature weights w i and quadrature nodes x i is the unique choice that allows the quadrature rule to integrate degree 2n − 1 polynomials exactly. Many algorithms have been developed for computing Gauss–Legendre quadrature rules.

  6. Inflection point - Wikipedia

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    The roots, stationary points, inflection point and concavity of a cubic polynomial x 3 − 6x 2 + 9x − 4 (solid black curve) and its first (dashed red) and second (dotted orange) derivatives. In differential calculus and differential geometry , an inflection point , point of inflection , flex , or inflection (rarely inflexion ) is a point on ...

  7. List of curves - Wikipedia

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    Cost curve; Demand curve. Aggregate demand curve; Compensated demand curve; Duck curve; Engel curve; Hubbert curve; Indifference curve; J curve; Kuznets curve; Laffer curve; Lorenz curve; Phillips curve; Supply curve. Aggregate supply curve; Backward bending supply curve of labor

  8. Cubic plane curve - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a cubic plane curve is a plane algebraic curve C defined by a cubic equation ⁠ F ( x , y , z ) = 0 {\displaystyle F(x,y,z)=0} ⁠ applied to homogeneous coordinates ⁠ ( x : y : z ) {\displaystyle (x:y:z)} ⁠ for the projective plane ; or the inhomogeneous version for the affine space determined by setting z = 1 in such an ...

  9. Geometrical properties of polynomial roots - Wikipedia

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    A root is a simple root if = or a multiple root if . Simple roots are Lipschitz continuous with respect to coefficients but multiple roots are not. In other words, simple roots have bounded sensitivities but multiple roots are infinitely sensitive if the coefficients are perturbed arbitrarily.