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  2. Critical point (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    A critical point of a function of a single real variable, f (x), is a value x 0 in the domain of f where f is not differentiable or its derivative is 0 (i.e. ′ =). [2] A critical value is the image under f of a critical point.

  3. Cubic function - Wikipedia

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    If b 2 – 3ac = 0, then there is only one critical point, which is an inflection point. If b 2 – 3ac < 0, then there are no (real) critical points. In the two latter cases, that is, if b 2 – 3ac is nonpositive, the cubic function is strictly monotonic. See the figure for an example of the case Δ 0 > 0.

  4. Inflection point - Wikipedia

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    A rising point of inflection is a point where the derivative is positive on both sides of the point; in other words, it is an inflection point near which the function is increasing. For a smooth curve given by parametric equations , a point is an inflection point if its signed curvature changes from plus to minus or from minus to plus, i.e ...

  5. Cusp (singularity) - Wikipedia

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    For example, rhamphoid cusps occur for inflection points (and for undulation points) for which the tangent is parallel to the direction of projection. In many cases, and typically in computer vision and computer graphics , the curve that is projected is the curve of the critical points of the restriction to a (smooth) spatial object of the ...

  6. Newton's method in optimization - Wikipedia

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    The geometric interpretation of Newton's method is that at each iteration, it amounts to the fitting of a parabola to the graph of () at the trial value , having the same slope and curvature as the graph at that point, and then proceeding to the maximum or minimum of that parabola (in higher dimensions, this may also be a saddle point), see below.

  7. Critical variable - Wikipedia

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    Critical variables are defined, for example in thermodynamics, in terms of the values of variables at the critical point. On a PV diagram, the critical point is an inflection point. Thus: [1] = = For the van der Waals equation, the above yields: [1] =

  8. 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]

  9. Derivative test - Wikipedia

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    After establishing the critical points of a function, the second-derivative test uses the value of the second derivative at those points to determine whether such points are a local maximum or a local minimum. [1] If the function f is twice-differentiable at a critical point x (i.e. a point where f ′ (x) = 0), then: