Wednesday, April 21, 2010

math (0421) - GeoDer: increase/decrease

this is essentially a continuation of yesterday's post.

just a few things to add.

maximum point is generally the staionary point or turning point tht is of highest y value. called "local maximum" if the graph is ongoing (ie. with arrows) but if it terminates then it's the absolute maximum.

same goes for minimum, which is the lowest.

interesting thing is that if one differentiates a straight line, the resulting graph would be a straight horizontal line, and it's y value would be equal to the gradient of the line, which was differentiated.

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