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cubic equation Graphs of some trigonometric functions point in the complex plane graph of a function Figure 1: Graph of values of the function y = f(x) = 2 - x + x2 for x = 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4.
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Figure 1: Graph of values of the function y = f(x) = 2 - x + x2 for x = 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4.
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Paul Painlevé.
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French prime minister and mathematician
Karl Weierstrass, engraving after a photograph by Franz Kullrich.
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Émile Borel
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Edward Charles Titchmarsh
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Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
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Equations written on blackboard
Numbers and Mathematics
Italian-born physicist Dr. Enrico Fermi draws a diagram at a blackboard with mathematical equations. circa 1950.
Define It: Math Terms