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Investigation of polynomial functions

With GeoGebra you can investigate roots, local extrema and inflection points of polynomial functions.

    f(x) = x^3 - 3 x^2 + 1
    N = Root[f]
    E = Extremum[f]
    W = InflectionPoint[f]

In Move mode you can drag the function f with the mouse. In this context, the first two derivatives of f are interesting too.

    Derivative[f]
    Derivative[f, 2]



Markus Hohenwarter, 2005-03-15