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Given a function: from a set X (the domain) to a set Y (the codomain), the graph of the function is the set [4] = {(, ()):}, which is a subset of the Cartesian product.In the definition of a function in terms of set theory, it is common to identify a function with its graph, although, formally, a function is formed by the triple consisting of its domain, its codomain and its graph.
The y-intercept is the initial value = = at =. The slope a measures the rate of change of the output y per unit change in the input x. In the graph, moving one unit to the right (increasing x by 1) moves the y-value up by a: that is, (+) = +.
In mathematics, the term linear function refers to two distinct but related notions: [1]. In calculus and related areas, a linear function is a function whose graph is a straight line, that is, a polynomial function of degree zero or one. [2]
An interesting example of such polynomial lemniscates are the Mandelbrot curves. If we set p 0 = z, and p n = p n−1 2 + z, then the corresponding polynomial lemniscates M n defined by |p n (z)| = 2 converge to the boundary of the Mandelbrot set. [2] The Mandelbrot curves are of degree 2 n+1. [3]
Vertical line of equation x = a Horizontal line of equation y = b. Each solution (x, y) of a linear equation + + = may be viewed as the Cartesian coordinates of a point in the Euclidean plane. With this interpretation, all solutions of the equation form a line, provided that a and b are not both zero. Conversely, every line is the set of all ...
In the case of polynomials in more than one indeterminate, a polynomial is called homogeneous of degree n if all of its non-zero terms have degree n. The zero polynomial is homogeneous, and, as a homogeneous polynomial, its degree is undefined. [c] For example, x 3 y 2 + 7x 2 y 3 − 3x 5 is homogeneous of degree 5.
Graphic representation of a minute fraction of the WWW, demonstrating hyperlinks.. Graph drawing is an area of mathematics and computer science combining methods from geometric graph theory and information visualization to derive two-dimensional depictions of graphs arising from applications such as social network analysis, cartography, linguistics, and bioinformatics.
A necessary (but not sufficient) condition for solvability is that n is not divisible by 4 or by a prime of form 4k + 3. [note 3] Thus, for example, x 2 − 3 y 2 = −1 is never solvable, but x 2 − 5 y 2 = −1 may be. [27] The first few numbers n for which x 2 − n y 2 = −1 is solvable are with only one trivial solution: 1