Points on the Curve is the second studio album by English new wave band Wang Chung, released in 1984. Points on the Curve is Wang Chung's first studio...
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unions of curves and isolated points), and algebraic curves (see below). Level curves and algebraic curves are sometimes called implicit curves, since they...
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and describes points in K2, the Cartesian product of K with itself. If the field's characteristic is different from 2 and 3, then the curve can be described...
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A Bézier curve (/ˈbɛz.i.eɪ/ BEH-zee-ay) is a parametric curve used in computer graphics and related fields. A set of discrete "control points" defines...
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Elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC) is an approach to public-key cryptography based on the algebraic structure of elliptic curves over finite fields. ECC...
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such curves has singular points (see Genus–degree formula). A non-plane curve is often called a space curve or a skew curve. An algebraic curve in the Euclidean...
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Curve fitting is the process of constructing a curve, or mathematical function, that has the best fit to a series of data points, possibly subject to constraints...
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Production–possibility frontier (redirect from Production possibilities curve)
a point on the frontier indicates efficient use of the available inputs (such as points B, D and C in the graph), a point beneath the curve (such as A)...
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determining their integer points. He showed that every Mordell curve contains only finitely many integer points (x, y). In other words, the differences of perfect...
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Tangent (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
defined it as the line through a pair of infinitely close points on the curve. More precisely, a straight line is tangent to the curve y = f(x) at a point...
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Non-uniform rational B-spline (redirect from NURBS curve)
Control points are always either connected directly to the curve or surface, or else act as if they were connected by a rubber band. Depending on the type...
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Line integral (redirect from Curve integral)
at all points on the curve, weighted by some scalar function on the curve (commonly arc length or, for a vector field, the scalar product of the vector...
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(known as the elliptic curve discrete logarithm problem by analogy to other cryptographic systems). This is because the addition of two points on an elliptic...
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in the study of elliptic curves is devising effective ways of counting points on the curve. There have been several approaches to do so, and the algorithms...
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the type of curve being studied. Algebraic curves in the plane may be defined as the set of points (x, y) satisfying an equation of the form f ( x ,...
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Inflection point (redirect from Inflection points)
point on a smooth plane curve at which the curvature changes sign. In particular, in the case of the graph of a function, it is a point where the function...
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computing the large numbers of points required for a detailed plot. It is an application of the theory of curves to find their main features. The following...
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Superellipse (redirect from Lamé curve)
system, a superellipse is defined as the set of all points ( x , y ) {\displaystyle (x,y)} on the curve that satisfy the equation | x a | n + | y b | n =...
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of rational points. On the other hand, if the rank of the curve is greater than 0, then the curve has an infinite number of rational points. Although Mordell's...
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the rational points on the curve, from which all further rational points may be generated. If the number of rational points on a curve is infinite then...
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In microeconomics, the contract curve or Pareto set is the set of points representing final allocations of two goods between two people that could occur...
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connecting up the geometries of points on a curve is tantamount to providing a connection. In fact, the usual notion of connection is the infinitesimal...
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Parametric equation (redirect from Parametric curve)
used to express the coordinates of the points that make up a geometric object such as a curve or surface, called a parametric curve and parametric surface...
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Wang Chung (band) (section 2016: Jack Hues on hiatus)
kept his pseudonym. The band spent most of 1983 recording their second studio album, Points on the Curve. Released in July 1983, the album yielded two moderately...
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mathematics, the curve-shortening flow is a process that modifies a smooth curve in the Euclidean plane by moving its points perpendicularly to the curve at a...
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Osculating circle (category Curves)
plane curve at a given point p on the curve has been traditionally defined as the circle passing through p and a pair of additional points on the curve infinitesimally...
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are plotted on the two axes; the curve is the locus of points showing the consumption bundles chosen at each of various levels of income. The income effect...
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cubic curve through any nine given points, which may be degenerate, and may not be unique, but will be unique and non-degenerate if the points are in...
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convex curve is a plane curve that has a supporting line through each of its points. There are many other equivalent definitions of these curves, going...
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) between the straight line passing through a pair of points on the curve of f {\displaystyle f} (the straight line is represented by the right hand...
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