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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 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 ...

  4. 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 ]

  5. Hessian matrix - Wikipedia

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    The inflection points of the curve are exactly the non-singular points where the Hessian determinant is zero. It follows by Bézout's theorem that a cubic plane curve has at most 9 inflection points, since the Hessian determinant is a polynomial of degree 3.

  6. 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

  7. 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]

  8. Singular point of a curve - Wikipedia

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    If one of the solutions of + + = is also a solution of + + + =, then the corresponding branch of the curve has a point of inflection at the origin. In this case the origin is called a flecnode . If both tangents have this property, so c 0 + 2 m c 1 + m 2 c 2 {\displaystyle c_{0}+2mc_{1}+m^{2}c_{2}} is a factor of d 0 + 3 m d 1 + 3 m 2 d 2 + m 3 ...

  9. Cubic equation - Wikipedia

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    The center of the triangle has the same x-coordinate as the inflection point. Viète's trigonometric expression of the roots in the three-real-roots case lends itself to a geometric interpretation in terms of a circle. [22] [31] When the cubic is written in depressed form , t 3 + pt + q = 0, as shown above, the solution can be expressed as