cubic function
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- polynomial function
- Followed by
- quartic function
- Follows
- quadratic function
- Has use
- transition curve
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- different from
- cubic equation
- Commons category
- Cubic functions
- has characteristic
- degree of a polynomial
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Mathematics
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Encyclopedic overview
Graph of a cubic function with 3 real roots (where the curve crosses the horizontal axis—where y = 0). The case shown has two critical points. Here the function is f(x) = (x + 3x − 6x − 8)/4.
In mathematics, a cubic function is a function of the form
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