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  2. Maximum and minimum - Wikipedia

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    For example, x ∗ is a strict global maximum point if for all x in X with x ≠ x ∗, we have f(x ∗) > f(x), and x ∗ is a strict local maximum point if there exists some ε > 0 such that, for all x in X within distance ε of x ∗ with x ≠ x ∗, we have f(x ∗) > f(x). Note that a point is a strict global maximum point if and only if ...

  3. Saddle point - Wikipedia

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    A saddle point (in red) on the graph of z = x 2 − y 2 (hyperbolic paraboloid). In mathematics, a saddle point or minimax point [1] is a point on the surface of the graph of a function where the slopes (derivatives) in orthogonal directions are all zero (a critical point), but which is not a local extremum of the function. [2]

  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Critical point (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A critical point of such a curve, for the projection parallel to the y-axis (the map (x, y) → x), is a point of the curve where (,) = This means that the tangent of the curve is parallel to the y -axis, and that, at this point, g does not define an implicit function from x to y (see implicit function theorem ).

  7. Cycloid - Wikipedia

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    A cycloid generated by a rolling circle. In geometry, a cycloid is the curve traced by a point on a circle as it rolls along a straight line without slipping. A cycloid is a specific form of trochoid and is an example of a roulette, a curve generated by a curve rolling on another curve.

  8. Christian leader in Lebanon urges US, allies to intervene to ...

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    The head of a political party and a Christian coalition group in Lebanon is calling on the U.S. and its Western allies to step in and deploy deterrent forces to permanently dismantle Hezbollah.

  9. Smith chart - Wikipedia

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    The Smith chart graphical equivalent of using the transmission-line equation is to normalise , to plot the resulting point on a Z Smith chart and to draw a circle through that point centred at the Smith chart centre. The path along the arc of the circle represents how the impedance changes whilst moving along the transmission line.