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  • Thumbnail for Curve
    mathematics, a curve (also called a curved line in older texts) is an object similar to a line, but that does not have to be straight. Intuitively, a curve may be...
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    IS–LM model (redirect from Islm curve)
    interpretation (and in some cases even the name) of the LM curve, presenting it instead simply as a horizontal line showing the central bank's choice of interest rate...
    29 KB (3,737 words) - 03:38, 3 April 2024
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    Tangent (redirect from Tangent line)
    the tangent line (or simply tangent) to a plane curve at a given point is, intuitively, the straight line that "just touches" the curve at that point...
    26 KB (4,113 words) - 12:23, 31 October 2024
  • The Line, the Cross and the Curve is a 1993 British musical short film directed by and starring singer Kate Bush, co-starring Miranda Richardson and choreographer...
    7 KB (842 words) - 04:07, 30 September 2024
  • mathematics, a line integral is an integral where the function to be integrated is evaluated along a curve. The terms path integral, curve integral, and...
    21 KB (3,181 words) - 19:21, 10 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Brachistochrone curve
    mathematics, a brachistochrone curve (from Ancient Greek βράχιστος χρόνος (brákhistos khrónos) 'shortest time'), or curve of fastest descent, is the one...
    37 KB (6,021 words) - 09:33, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bathtub curve
    'bathtub' refers to the shape of a line that curves up at both ends, similar in shape to a bathtub. The bathtub curve has 3 regions: The first region has...
    3 KB (373 words) - 17:53, 21 June 2023
  • Thumbnail for Line (geometry)
    general line (now called a curve) is defined as a "breadthless length", and a straight line (now called a line segment) was defined as a line "which lies...
    30 KB (4,301 words) - 10:02, 21 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Indifference curve
    indifference curve must be satisfied by the same budget (unless the consumer can be indifferent to different budgets). As a consequence, every budget line for...
    32 KB (4,675 words) - 08:50, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bézier curve
    A Bézier curve (/ˈbɛz.i.eɪ/ BEH-zee-ay) is a parametric curve used in computer graphics and related fields. A set of discrete "control points" defines...
    50 KB (6,966 words) - 17:44, 5 October 2024
  • In geometry, a secant is a line that intersects a curve at a minimum of two distinct points. The word secant comes from the Latin word secare, meaning...
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  • Thumbnail for Lorenz curve
    In economics, the Lorenz curve is a graphical representation of the distribution of income or of wealth. It was developed by Max O. Lorenz in 1905 for...
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  • Thumbnail for Algebraic curve
    mathematics, an affine algebraic plane curve is the zero set of a polynomial in two variables. A projective algebraic plane curve is the zero set in a projective...
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  • Thumbnail for Curve fitting
    Curve fitting is the process of constructing a curve, or mathematical function, that has the best fit to a series of data points, possibly subject to constraints...
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  • asymptotic curve is a curve always tangent to an asymptotic direction of the surface (where they exist). It is sometimes called an asymptotic line, although...
    3 KB (306 words) - 22:14, 9 July 2024
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    Arc length (redirect from Rectifiable curve)
    curve. Determining the length of an irregular arc segment by approximating the arc segment as connected (straight) line segments is also called curve...
    29 KB (5,174 words) - 00:27, 20 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Flattening the curve
    'flatten the curve'—that is, slow the rate of infection so there aren't too many cases that need hospitalization at one time—and 'raise the line'—that is...
    19 KB (1,739 words) - 17:00, 3 July 2024
  • other symbols instead of arrows. Arrows is a Unicode block containing line, curve, and semicircle symbols terminating in barbs or arrows. The Arrows block...
    11 KB (162 words) - 01:50, 26 July 2024
  • In mathematical analysis, a space-filling curve is a curve whose range reaches every point in a higher dimensional region, typically the unit square (or...
    15 KB (1,957 words) - 01:18, 7 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Elliptic curve
    mathematics, an elliptic curve is a smooth, projective, algebraic curve of genus one, on which there is a specified point O. An elliptic curve is defined over...
    54 KB (8,402 words) - 12:55, 20 September 2024
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