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  2. Parametric equation - Wikipedia

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    In addition to curves and surfaces, parametric equations can describe manifolds and algebraic varieties of higher dimension, with the number of parameters being equal to the dimension of the manifold or variety, and the number of equations being equal to the dimension of the space in which the manifold or variety is considered (for curves the ...

  3. Graph of a function - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Curve sketching - Wikipedia

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    Specifically, draw a diagonal line connecting two points on the diagram so that every other point is either on or to the right and above it. There is at least one such line if the curve passes through the origin. Let the equation of the line be qα+pβ=r. Suppose the curve is approximated by y=Cx p/q near the origin.

  5. Parabola - Wikipedia

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    Parabola (magenta) and line (lower light blue) including a chord (blue). The area enclosed between them is in pink. The chord itself ends at the points where the line intersects the parabola. The area enclosed between a parabola and a chord (see diagram) is two-thirds of the area of a parallelogram that surrounds it.

  6. Parabolic partial differential equation - Wikipedia

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    The name "parabolic" is used because the assumption on the coefficients is the same as the condition for the analytic geometry equation + + + + + = to define a planar parabola. The basic example of a parabolic PDE is the one-dimensional heat equation =,

  7. Parabolic arch - Wikipedia

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    While a parabolic arch may resemble a catenary arch, a parabola is a quadratic function while a catenary is the hyperbolic cosine, cosh(x), a sum of two exponential functions. One parabola is f(x) = x 2 + 3x − 1, and hyperbolic cosine is cosh(x) = ⁠ e x + e −x / 2 ⁠. The curves are unrelated.

  8. Gallery of curves - Wikipedia

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    1.4 Curve families with variable genus. 2 Transcendental curves. ... Semicubical parabola. Serpentine curve. Trident curve. Trisectrix of Maclaurin. Tschirnhausen cubic.

  9. Parametric surface - Wikipedia

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    The simplest type of parametric surfaces is given by the graphs of functions of two variables: = (,), (,) = (,, (,)). A rational surface is a surface that admits parameterizations by a rational function. A rational surface is an algebraic surface. Given an algebraic surface, it is commonly easier to decide if it is rational than to compute its ...