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  2. Characterizations of the exponential function - Wikipedia

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    () (using x0 to obtain the final inequality) so that: = One must use lim sup because it is not known if t n converges. For the other inequality, by the above expression for t n , if 2 ≤ m ≤ n , we have: 1 + x + x 2 2 !

  3. Parabola - Wikipedia

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    Its x coordinate is half that of D, that is, x/2. The slope of the line BE is the quotient of the lengths of ED and BD, which is ⁠ x 2 / x/2 ⁠ = 2x. But 2x is also the slope (first derivative) of the parabola at E. Therefore, the line BE is the tangent to the parabola at E.

  4. Algebraic expression - Wikipedia

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    When a coefficient is one, it is usually omitted (e.g. is written ). [6] Likewise when the exponent (power) is one, (e.g. 3 x 1 {\displaystyle 3x^{1}} is written 3 x {\displaystyle 3x} ), [ 7 ] and, when the exponent is zero, the result is always 1 (e.g. 3 x 0 {\displaystyle 3x^{0}} is written 3 {\displaystyle 3} , since x 0 {\displaystyle x^{0 ...

  5. Taylor series - Wikipedia

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    The function e (−1/x 2) is not analytic at x = 0: the Taylor series is identically 0, although the function is not. If f ( x ) is given by a convergent power series in an open disk centred at b in the complex plane (or an interval in the real line), it is said to be analytic in this region.

  6. Elliptic curve - Wikipedia

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    Graphs of curves y 2 = x 3 − x and y 2 = x 3 − x + 1. Although the formal definition of an elliptic curve requires some background in algebraic geometry, it is possible to describe some features of elliptic curves over the real numbers using only introductory algebra and geometry.

  7. Legendre polynomials - Wikipedia

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    Legendre polynomials occur in the solution of Laplace's equation of the static potential, ∇ 2 Φ(x) = 0, in a charge-free region of space, using the method of separation of variables, where the boundary conditions have axial symmetry (no dependence on an azimuthal angle).

  8. Completing the square - Wikipedia

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    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 function. One way to see this is to note that the graph of the function f ( x ) = x 2 is a parabola whose vertex is at the origin (0, 0).

  9. Abel–Ruffini theorem - Wikipedia

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    An algebraic solution of a polynomial equation is an expression involving the four basic arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division), and root extractions. Such an expression may be viewed as the description of a computation that starts from the coefficients of the equation to be solved and proceeds by computing ...