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A curve sketched with the help of calculusThis graph of f(x) = x3 − 3x + 2 illustrates the essential steps in constructing a graph. The local maximum (at x = − 1) and the local minimum (at x = 1) are first plotted. Then a value for x is chosen from each of the three resulting ranges, x < −1, −1 < x < 1, and 1 < x, to suggest the general shape of the curve. Further values for x may be chosen to produce a more accurate graph. algebraic equation
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A curve sketched with the help of calculusThis graph of f(x) = x3 − 3x + 2 illustrates the essential steps in constructing a graph. The local maximum (at x = − 1) and the local minimum (at x = 1) are first plotted. Then a value for x is chosen from each of the three resulting ranges, x < −1, −1 < x < 1, and 1 < x, to suggest the general shape of the curve. Further values for x may be chosen to produce a more accurate graph.
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Fermat, portrait by Roland Lefèvre; in the Narbonne City Museums, France
Pierre de Fermat
French mathematician
James Gregory.
James Gregory
Scottish mathematician and astronomer
Plücker, Julius
Julius Plücker
German mathematician and physicist
Joseph Bertrand
French mathematician and educator
Gilles Personne de Roberval
French mathematician