Rolle's theorem

[ rohlz ]

nounMathematics.
  1. the theorem that a differentiable function having equal values at the endpoints of an interval has a derivative equal to zero at some point in the interval.

Origin of Rolle's theorem

1
1890–95; named after Michel Rolle (died 1719), French mathematician

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