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  2. Gradient - Wikipedia

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    Gradient of the 2D function f(x, y) = xe −(x 2 + y 2) is plotted as arrows over the pseudocolor plot of the function.. Consider a room where the temperature is given by a scalar field, T, so at each point (x, y, z) the temperature is T(x, y, z), independent of time.

  3. Linear interpolation - Wikipedia

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    Given the two red points, the blue line is the linear interpolant between the points, and the value y at x may be found by linear interpolation.. In mathematics, linear interpolation is a method of curve fitting using linear polynomials to construct new data points within the range of a discrete set of known data points.

  4. Numerical differentiation - Wikipedia

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    Equivalently, the slope could be estimated by employing positions x − h and x. Another two-point formula is to compute the slope of a nearby secant line through the points (x − h, f(x − h)) and (x + h, f(x + h)). The slope of this line is (+) ().

  5. Polar coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    The equation defining a plane curve expressed in polar coordinates is known as a polar equation. In many cases, such an equation can simply be specified by defining r as a function of φ. The resulting curve then consists of points of the form (r(φ), φ) and can be regarded as the graph of the polar function r.

  6. Curve fitting - Wikipedia

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    The first degree polynomial equation = + is a line with slope a. A line will connect any two points, so a first degree polynomial equation is an exact fit through any two points with distinct x coordinates. If the order of the equation is increased to a second degree polynomial, the following results:

  7. Distance from a point to a line - Wikipedia

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    The line with equation ax + by + c = 0 has slope -a/b, so any line perpendicular to it will have slope b/a (the negative reciprocal). Let (m, n) be the point of intersection of the line ax + by + c = 0 and the line perpendicular to it which passes through the point (x 0, y 0). The line through these two points is perpendicular to the original ...

  8. Log–log plot - Wikipedia

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    Finding the slope of a log–log plot using ratios. To find the slope of the plot, two points are selected on the x-axis, say x 1 and x 2.Using the below equation: ⁡ [()] = ⁡ +, and ⁡ [()] = ⁡ +.

  9. Hydraulic head - Wikipedia

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    A dimensionless hydraulic gradient can be calculated between two points with known head values as: = = where i {\displaystyle i} is the hydraulic gradient (dimensionless), d h {\displaystyle dh} is the difference between two hydraulic heads (length, usually in m or ft), and