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  2. Infinity - Wikipedia

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    Finally, in 1821, Augustin-Louis Cauchy provided both a satisfactory definition of a limit and a proof that, for 0 < x < 1, [17] + + + + + + =. Suppose that Achilles is running at 10 meters per second, the tortoise is walking at 0.1 meters per second, and the latter has a 100-meter head start.

  3. Real analysis - Wikipedia

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    Real analysis is an area of analysis that studies concepts such as sequences and their limits, continuity, differentiation, integration and sequences of functions. By definition, real analysis focuses on the real numbers, often including positive and negative infinity to form the extended real line.

  4. Conic section - Wikipedia

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    For a rectangular or equilateral hyperbola, one whose asymptotes are perpendicular, there is an alternative standard form in which the asymptotes are the coordinate axes and the line x = y is the principal axis. The foci then have coordinates (c, c) and (−c, −c). [9] Circle: + =, Ellipse:

  5. Semi-major and semi-minor axes - Wikipedia

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    The endpoints (,) of the minor axis lie at the height of the asymptotes over/under the hyperbola's vertices. Either half of the minor axis is called the semi-minor axis, of length b . Denoting the semi-major axis length (distance from the center to a vertex) as a , the semi-minor and semi-major axes' lengths appear in the equation of the ...

  6. Archimedes - Wikipedia

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    The palimpsest was stored at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, where it was subjected to a range of modern tests including the use of ultraviolet and X-ray light to read the overwritten text. [102] It has since returned to its anonymous owner. [103] [104] The treatises in the Archimedes Palimpsest include: On the Equilibrium of ...

  7. Ratio test - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the ratio test is a test (or "criterion") for the convergence of a series =, where each term is a real or complex number and a n is nonzero when n is large. The test was first published by Jean le Rond d'Alembert and is sometimes known as d'Alembert's ratio test or as the Cauchy ratio test.

  8. Quartic function - Wikipedia

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    The four roots x 1, x 2, x 3, and x 4 for the general quartic equation a x 4 + b x 3 + c x 2 + d x + e = 0 {\displaystyle ax^{4}+bx^{3}+cx^{2}+dx+e=0\,} with a ≠ 0 are given in the following formula, which is deduced from the one in the section on Ferrari's method by back changing the variables (see § Converting to a depressed quartic ) and ...

  9. Logistic map - Wikipedia

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    The lower limit of the attractor is given by the point f(r/4) where r/4 is mapped. ... the term (1 − 2x 0) 2 n goes to 0 as n goes to infinity, so x n goes to the ...