Lamé's special quartic — is the graph of the equation:x^4 + y^4 = a^4where a > 0. It looks like a rounded square with sides of length 2a and centered on the origin. This curve is a special case of a super ellipse … Wikipedia
List of mathematics articles (Q) — NOTOC Q Q analog Q analysis Q derivative Q difference polynomial Q exponential Q factor Q Pochhammer symbol Q Q plot Q statistic Q systems Q test Q theta function Q Vandermonde identity Q.E.D. QED project QR algorithm QR decomposition Quadratic… … Wikipedia
Dessin d'enfant — In mathematics, a dessin d enfant (French for a child s drawing , plural dessins d enfants, children s drawings ) is a type of graph drawing used to study Riemann surfaces and to provide combinatorial invariants for the action of the absolute… … Wikipedia
Polynomial — In mathematics, a polynomial (from Greek poly, many and medieval Latin binomium, binomial [1] [2] [3], the word has been introduced, in Latin, by Franciscus Vieta[4]) is an expression of finite length constructed from variables (also known as… … Wikipedia
ADE classification — The simply laced Dynkin diagrams classify diverse mathematical objects. In mathematics, the ADE classification (originally A D E classifications) is the complete list of simply laced Dynkin diagrams or other mathematical objects satisfying… … Wikipedia
Quadratic equation — This article is about quadratic equations and solutions. For more general information about quadratic functions, see Quadratic function. For more information about quadratic polynomials, see Quadratic polynomial. In mathematics, a quadratic… … Wikipedia
Cubic function — This article is about cubic equations in one variable. For cubic equations in two variables, see elliptic curve. Graph of a cubic function with 3 real roots (where the curve crosses the horizontal axis where y = 0). It has 2 critical points. Here … Wikipedia
mathematics — /math euh mat iks/, n. 1. (used with a sing. v.) the systematic treatment of magnitude, relationships between figures and forms, and relations between quantities expressed symbolically. 2. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) mathematical procedures,… … Universalium
Symmetric group — Not to be confused with Symmetry group. A Cayley graph of the symmetric group S4 … Wikipedia
Completing the square — In elementary algebra, completing the square is a technique for converting a quadratic polynomial of the form to the form In this context, constant means not depending on x. The expression inside the parenthesis is of the… … Wikipedia