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  2. Quadratic formula - Wikipedia

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    Quadratic formula. The roots of the quadratic function y = ⁠ 1 2 ⁠x2 − 3x + ⁠ 5 2 ⁠ are the places where the graph intersects the x -axis, the values x = 1 and x = 5. They can be found via the quadratic formula. In elementary algebra, the quadratic formula is a closed-form expression describing the solutions of a quadratic equation.

  3. Exponential function - Wikipedia

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    Exponential functions with bases 2 and 1/2. The exponential function is a mathematical function denoted by () = ⁡ or (where the argument x is written as an exponent).Unless otherwise specified, the term generally refers to the positive-valued function of a real variable, although it can be extended to the complex numbers or generalized to other mathematical objects like matrices or Lie algebras.

  4. Inverse function - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In mathematics, the inverse function of a function f (also called the inverse of f) is a function that undoes the operation of f. The inverse of f exists if and only if f is bijective, and if it exists, is denoted by. For a function , its inverse admits an explicit description: it sends each element to the unique element such that f(x) = y .

  5. Collatz conjecture - Wikipedia

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    In more generality: For all p ≥ 1 and odd h, f p − 1 (2 p h − 1) = 2 × 3 p − 1 h − 1. (Here f p − 1 is function iteration notation.) For all odd h, f(2h − 1) ≤ ⁠ 3h − 1 / 2 ⁠ The Collatz conjecture is equivalent to the statement that, for all k in I, there exists an integer n ≥ 1 such that f n (k) = 1.

  6. Multiplicative inverse - Wikipedia

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    The graph forms a rectangular hyperbola. In mathematics, a multiplicative inverse or reciprocal for a number x, denoted by 1/ x or x1, is a number which when multiplied by x yields the multiplicative identity, 1. The multiplicative inverse of a fraction a / b is b / a. For the multiplicative inverse of a real number, divide 1 by the number.

  7. Factorial - Wikipedia

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    n ! {\displaystyle n!} In mathematics, the factorial of a non-negative integer , denoted by , is the product of all positive integers less than or equal to . The factorial of also equals the product of with the next smaller factorial: For example, The value of 0! is 1, according to the convention for an empty product.

  8. Cubic equation - Wikipedia

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    Cubic equation. Graph of a cubic function with 3 real roots (where the curve crosses the horizontal axis at y = 0 ). The case shown has two critical points. Here the function is and therefore the three real roots are 2, -1 and -4. In algebra, a cubic equation in one variable is an equation of the form in which a is not zero.

  9. Legendre polynomials - Wikipedia

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    The Legendre polynomials were first introduced in 1782 by Adrien-Marie Legendre [ 3] as the coefficients in the expansion of the Newtonian potential where r and r′ are the lengths of the vectors x and x′ respectively and γ is the angle between those two vectors. The series converges when r > r′.