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  2. Inflection point - Wikipedia

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    An example of a stationary point of inflection is the point (0, 0) on the graph of y = x 3. The tangent is the x-axis, which cuts the graph at this point. An example of a non-stationary point of inflection is the point (0, 0) on the graph of y = x 3 + ax, for any nonzero a. The tangent at the origin is the line y = ax, which cuts the graph at ...

  3. Curve sketching - Wikipedia

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    An x value where the y value of the red, or the blue, curve vanishes (becomes 0) gives rise to a local extremum (marked "HP", "TP"), or an inflection point ("WP"), of the black curve, respectively. In geometry , curve sketching (or curve tracing ) are techniques for producing a rough idea of overall shape of a plane curve given its equation ...

  4. Second derivative - Wikipedia

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    If the second derivative of a function changes sign, the graph of the function will switch from concave down to concave up, or vice versa. A point where this occurs is called an inflection point. Assuming the second derivative is continuous, it must take a value of zero at any inflection point, although not every point where the second ...

  5. Curve fitting - Wikipedia

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    Low-order polynomials tend to be smooth and high order polynomial curves tend to be "lumpy". To define this more precisely, the maximum number of inflection points possible in a polynomial curve is n-2, where n is the order of the polynomial equation. An inflection point is a location on the curve where it switches from a positive radius to ...

  6. Critical point (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    The x-coordinates of the red circles are stationary points; the blue squares are inflection points. In mathematics, a critical point is the argument of a function where the function derivative is zero (or undefined, as specified below). The value of the function at a critical point is a critical value. [1]

  7. Sigmoid function - Wikipedia

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    A sigmoid function is a bounded, differentiable, real function that is defined for all real input values and has a non-negative derivative at each point [1] [2] and exactly one inflection point. Properties

  8. Stationary point - Wikipedia

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    The stationary points are the red circles. In this graph, they are all relative maxima or relative minima. The blue squares are inflection points.. In mathematics, particularly in calculus, a stationary point of a differentiable function of one variable is a point on the graph of the function where the function's derivative is zero.

  9. Cubic function - Wikipedia

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    The points T 1, T 2, and T 3 (in red) are the intersections of the (dotted) tangent lines to the graph at these points with the graph itself. They are collinear too. They are collinear too. The tangent lines to the graph of a cubic function at three collinear points intercept the cubic again at collinear points. [ 4 ]