The second derivative is also useful for graphing functions, because it can quickly determine whether each critical point, c, corresponds to a local maximum (f″(c) < 0), a local minimum (f″(c) > 0), or a change in concavity (f″(c) = 0).
An important application of differential calculus is graphing a curve given its equation y = f(x).
He began by "reading" in a targeted way, searching for specific motifs, and mapping and graphing what he found.
"Here is Hendrix," he said, graphing a line at about 60 degrees, then tracing the x axis: that's him.
One of the Facebook designers behind Timeline is Nicholas Felton, who achieved some online fame by publishing detailed annual reports examining and graphing his personal data, such as what he ate and how many miles he traveled.
The prep courses teach to the test, but perceptual training tools are aimed at the underlying skills — manipulating fractions, graphing equations.
Materials | Student notebooks, graph paper, computers with Internet access, spreadsheet software like Excel (optional), graphing calculators (optional).
After that decision, which was previously reported by The Guardian, the N.S.A. performed the social network graphing in a pilot project for 1 ½ years "to great benefit," according to the 2011 memo.
Or have students play around with the free, online graphing utility Desmos to turn the graphs of mathematical functions into beautiful pictures.
By all relevant accounts, Flam is a master of the craft of autograph seeking, known within the field as graphing.
Those of us who bear the scars from school and university years spent wrestling with advanced maths are forever in his debt, because he invented Mathematica, a computer program that takes much of the pain out of solving equations, graphing complex functions and other arcane tasks.
