Concavity and inflection points of graphs
[68/75%]Examine the concavity or convexity of the curve
at the points and .
Find the regions of concavity or convexity and the inflection points of the graph of the following function:
Find the regions of concavity or convexity and the inflection points of the graph of the following function:
Find the regions of concavity or convexity and the inflection points of the graph of the following function:
Find the regions of concavity or convexity and the inflection points of the graph of the following function:
Find the regions of concavity or convexity and the inflection points of the graph of the following function:
Find the regions of concavity or convexity and the inflection points of the graph of the following function:
Find the regions of concavity or convexity and the inflection points of the graph of the following function:
Find the regions of concavity or convexity and the inflection points of the graph of the following function:
Find the regions of concavity or convexity and the inflection points of the graph of the following function:
Prove that the curve
has three inflection points lying on the same straight line. Sketch the graph of this function.
How should the parameter be chosen so that the "probability curve"
has inflection points ?
Examine the concavity or convexity of the cycloid
Let the function be twice differentiable on the interval , and:
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when , . Prove: the equation has one and only one real root in the interval .
Prove that the functions
are concave on the interval ; while the functions
are convex on the interval .
Show that the curve is convex upward.
The derivative of the first derivative, i.e., or , is called the second derivative and is denoted by or . The derivative of the second derivative is called the third derivative, and so on. To avoid confusion with an exponent, the order of the derivative is denoted by a number placed in parentheses. Roman numerals are also sometimes used. If at a given point of the curve the quantity , then the curve is convex downward, i.e., toward the negative direction of the axis. If , then in the neighborhood of the given point the curve is convex upward. If changes sign as passes through a given value, then the point on the curve at that is an inflection point.
Show that the curve is convex downward.
Show that the sinusoid is convex upward where , and downward where .
Show that the tangent curve is convex downward where , and upward where .
Investigate the direction of convexity of the curve for .
Find the inflection points of the curve .
The same question for the curve .
For what values of is the curve convex upward?
Determine the direction of convexity of the curve at the points where .
Investigate the nature of the concavity of the curve at points where .
Investigate the nature of the convexity of the curve for .
Find the intervals of convexity of the function:
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Find the intervals of convexity and the points of inflection of the function.
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Find the intervals of convexity and the points of inflection of the function.
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Find the points of inflection of the function.
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Find the points of inflection of the function.
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Find the points of inflection of the function.
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Find the points of inflection of the graph of the function.
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Find the points of inflection of the graph of the function.
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Find the points of inflection of the graph of the function.
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Find the points of inflection of the function :
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Investigate the polynomials for points of inflection:
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For what values of the parameter does the function have points of inflection?
Prove that the graph of the function has three points of inflection lying on one line.
Prove that the points of inflection of the graph of the function lie on the curve .
Let
Prove that:
the graph of the function has a tangent at the point ;
the graph of the function passes from one side of the tangent to it at the point to the other side;
the point is not a point of inflection of the graph of the function .
Can a point of inflection of a function be a point of extremum of it?
Can a function that is everywhere convex downward (upward) have more than one extremum?
Prove that for any twice differentiable function:
between two points of extremum there lies at least one point of inflection;
between points of inflection of a function there may be no points of extremum at all.
Prove that:
every polynomial of odd degree has at least one point of inflection;
every polynomial of even degree with positive coefficients has no points of inflection.
Let be a continuously differentiable function on the interval , and suppose that for any points of this interval there exists a unique point such that
Prove that has no points of inflection.
Find the points of inflection of the graph of the function given parametrically by the equations:
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Let the function be defined and twice continuously differentiable on , and let not change sign on . Prove that:
the equation cannot have more than two real roots;
if , then the equation has a unique root in the interval ;
if , then the equation has one root each in the intervals .
A function is called concave (convex) on an interval if for any and any the inequality holds
(respectively ).
The graph of a function concave on a closed interval lies not below the line drawn through the points .
Prove that the function:
is convex on for and concave on for ;
is convex on ;
is concave on for and convex on for ;
is concave on and convex on .
Indicate the intervals of concavity and convexity of the function:
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Indicate the intervals of concavity and convexity of the function:
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