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  2. Maximum and minimum - Wikipedia

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    The value of the function at a maximum point is called the maximum value of the function, denoted (()), and the value of the function at a minimum point is called the minimum value of the function, (denoted (()) for clarity). Symbolically, this can be written as follows:

  3. Quadratic function - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a quadratic function of a single variable is a function of the form [1] = + +,,where ⁠ ⁠ is its variable, and ⁠ ⁠, ⁠ ⁠, and ⁠ ⁠ are coefficients.The expression ⁠ + + ⁠, especially when treated as an object in itself rather than as a function, is a quadratic polynomial, a polynomial of degree two.

  4. Completing the square - Wikipedia

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    That is, h is the x-coordinate of the axis of symmetry (i.e. the axis of symmetry has equation x = h), and k is the minimum value (or maximum value, if a < 0) of the quadratic function. One way to see this is to note that the graph of the function f(x) = x 2 is a parabola whose vertex is at the origin (0, 0).

  5. Quadratic equation - Wikipedia

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    The solutions of the quadratic equation ax 2 + bx + c = 0 correspond to the roots of the function f(x) = ax 2 + bx + c, since they are the values of x for which f(x) = 0. If a , b , and c are real numbers and the domain of f is the set of real numbers, then the roots of f are exactly the x - coordinates of the points where the graph touches the ...

  6. Extreme value theorem - Wikipedia

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    The extreme value theorem was originally proven by Bernard Bolzano in the 1830s in a work Function Theory but the work remained unpublished until 1930. Bolzano's proof consisted of showing that a continuous function on a closed interval was bounded, and then showing that the function attained a maximum and a minimum value.

  7. Definite quadratic form - Wikipedia

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    Suppose the matrix quadratic form is augmented with linear terms, as +, where b is an n ×1 vector of constants. The first-order conditions for a maximum or minimum are found by setting the matrix derivative to the zero vector: + =, giving

  8. Quadratic programming - Wikipedia

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    The quadratic programming problem with n variables and m constraints can be formulated as follows. [2] Given: a real-valued, n-dimensional vector c, an n×n-dimensional real symmetric matrix Q, an m×n-dimensional real matrix A, and; an m-dimensional real vector b, the objective of quadratic programming is to find an n-dimensional vector x ...

  9. Quartic function - Wikipedia

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    The four roots of the depressed quartic x 4 + px 2 + qx + r = 0 may also be expressed as the x coordinates of the intersections of the two quadratic equations y 2 + py + qx + r = 0 and y − x 2 = 0 i.e., using the substitution y = x 2 that two quadratics intersect in four points is an instance of Bézout's theorem.