second derivative
Americannoun
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Determine the second derivative of the Holling type I equation and explain physically what the derivative implies.
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The new function obtained by differentiating the derivative is called the second derivative.
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The second derivative test for a function of one variable provides a method for determining whether an extremum occurs at a critical point of a function.
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Higher-order derivatives are derivatives of derivatives, from the second derivative to the nth derivative.
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"James, what's the formula for determining the constant in the second derivative of an equation?"
From A Place so Foreign by Doctorow, Cory
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