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Cubic function

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Hughes-Hallett, Deborah; Lock, Patti Frazer; Gleason, Andrew M.; Flath, Daniel E.; Gordon, Sheldon P.; Lomen, David O.; Lovelock, David; McCallum, William G.; Osgood, Brad G. (2017-12-11).
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There are two standard ways for using this fact. Firstly, if one knows, for example by physical measurement, the values of a function and its derivative at some sampling points, one can
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inside the square root determines the number of critical points. If it is positive, then there are two critical points, one is a local maximum, and the other is a local minimum. If
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to complex numbers. In other cases, the coefficients may be complex numbers, and the function is a complex function that has the set of the complex numbers as its
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The graph of a cubic function is symmetric with respect to its inflection point, and is invariant under a rotation of a half turn around the inflection point.
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cubic. For having a uniquely defined interpolation, two more constraints must be added, such as the values of the derivatives at the endpoints, or a zero
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Given the values of a function and its derivative at two points, there is exactly one cubic function that has the same four values, which is called a
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Although cubic functions depend on four parameters, their graph can have only very few shapes. In fact, the graph of a cubic function is always
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is zero, and the third derivative is nonzero. Thus a cubic function has always a single inflection point, which occurs at
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A point at which the graph of the function f changes concavity is called an inflection point of f
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that transforms collinear points into collinear points. This proves the claimed result.
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Trilinear Coordinates and Other Methods of Modern Analytical Geometry of Two Dimensions
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can be built in the following way, when starting from a general cubic function
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can transform the graph into the graph of one among the three cubic functions
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intercept the cubic again at collinear points. This can be seen as follows.
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A cubic function with real coefficients has either one or three real roots (
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of the graph to the other point where the tangent intercepts the graph is
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that maps real numbers to real numbers or as a complex function that maps
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Thus a cubic equation has either three real roots... or one real root...
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corresponds to a uniform scaling, and give, after multiplication by
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the inflection point is thus the origin. As such a function is an
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The inflection point of a function is where that function changes
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which is the simplest form that can be obtained by a similarity.
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This means that there are only three graphs of cubic functions
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So, the intersection point between this line and the graph of
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The tangent lines to the graph of a cubic function at three
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Bostock, Linda; Chandler, Suzanne; Chandler, F. S. (1979).
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the latter form of the function applies to all cases (with
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If the value of a function is known at several points,
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John Wiley & Sons. p. 181. 2324:As this property is invariant under a 1989:{\displaystyle \operatorname {sgn}(p)} 1423:{\displaystyle y=ax_{1}^{3}+px_{1}+q.} 817:. An inflection point occurs when the 299:, and the function is considered as a 2463:can be obtained solving the equation 1284:{\displaystyle y=ax^{3}+bx^{2}+cx+d.} 399:{\displaystyle ax^{3}+bx^{2}+cx+d=0,} 7: 3018:continuously differentiable function 3003:continuously differentiable function 1068:parallel to the coordinates axes, a 458:Cubic functions are fundamental for 276:of degree three. In many texts, the 2877:So, the function that maps a point 990:The graph of any cubic function is 315:is restricted to the real numbers. 25: 2129:For a cubic function of the form 136:Graph of a cubic function with 3 1361:provides a function of the form 52:relies largely or entirely on a 41: 27:Polynomial function of degree 3 3051:. Nelson Thornes. p. 462. 1778: 646:of the cubic function is zero. 636:{\displaystyle 3ax^{2}+2bx+c=0} 2953: 2917: 2914: 2911: 2899: 2858: 2843: 2837: 2813: 2807: 2764: 2732: 2717: 2708: 2695: 2589: 2567: 2564: 2552: 2378:{\displaystyle f(x)=x^{3}+px.} 2347: 2341: 2019: 2013: 1983: 1977: 1945: 1939: 1857: 1848: 1814: 1805: 1769: 1761: 871:{\displaystyle f''(x)=6ax+2b,} 841: 835: 477:Critical and inflection points 209: 203: 1: 3401:Horner's method of evaluation 1327:Then, the change of variable 472:Cubic equation § History 1640:{\displaystyle {\sqrt {a}},} 944:Cubic functions of the form 531:of a cubic function are its 3406:Polynomial identity testing 3167:Encyclopedia of Mathematics 2167:{\displaystyle y=x^{3}+px,} 2114:{\displaystyle y_{2}=y_{3}} 2074:{\displaystyle x_{2}=x_{3}} 1054:{\displaystyle y=x^{3}+px.} 982:{\displaystyle y=x^{3}+cx.} 745:The sign of the expression 409:whose solutions are called 3463: 2983: 1727:, the non-uniform scaling 469: 150:). The case shown has two 29: 1837:gives, after division by 1219:geometric transformations 1002:of a cubic function is a 426:which may not be distinct 417:of a cubic function is a 3131:Whitworth, William Allen 1647:a function of the form 30:Not to be confused with 3391:Greatest common divisor 2608:which can be rewritten 1534:The change of variable 1440:The change of variable 154:. Here the function is 3263:Quadratic function (2) 2963: 2868: 2745: 2676: 2599: 2379: 2314: 2168: 2115: 2075: 2035: 1990: 1955: 1877: 1831: 1708: 1641: 1614: 1525: 1424: 1285: 1197: 1084:) with respect to the 1055: 995: 983: 926: 872: 736: 637: 524: 400: 266: 178: 3246:Constant function (0) 3081:mathworld.wolfram.com 2974:affine transformation 2964: 2869: 2746: 2677: 2600: 2380: 2198: 2169: 2116: 2076: 2036: 1991: 1956: 1878: 1832: 1709: 1642: 1615: 1526: 1425: 1286: 1212:affine transformation 1198: 1056: 984: 943: 927: 873: 737: 638: 484: 453:affine transformation 413:of the function. 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It may have two 419:quadratic function 396: 262: 179: 3429: 3428: 3370:Quasi-homogeneous 3162:"Cardano formula" 3113:978-1-119-27556-5 3058:978-0-85950-097-5 2000:. If one defines 1867: 1824: 1773: 1632: 1607: 1606: 1572: 1571: 1313:allows supposing 1088:-axis. 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Please help 49: 47: 40: 32:Cubic equation 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 3459: 3448: 3445: 3443: 3440: 3439: 3437: 3422: 3421:Gröbner basis 3419: 3417: 3414: 3412: 3409: 3407: 3404: 3402: 3399: 3397: 3394: 3392: 3389: 3387: 3386:Factorization 3384: 3383: 3381: 3377: 3371: 3368: 3366: 3363: 3361: 3358: 3356: 3353: 3351: 3348: 3346: 3343: 3341: 3338: 3336: 3333: 3331: 3328: 3326: 3323: 3322: 3320: 3318:By properties 3316: 3310: 3307: 3305: 3302: 3300: 3297: 3293: 3290: 3289: 3288: 3285: 3281: 3278: 3277: 3276: 3273: 3269: 3266: 3265: 3264: 3261: 3257: 3254: 3253: 3252: 3249: 3247: 3244: 3242: 3239: 3238: 3236: 3234: 3229: 3225: 3221: 3214: 3209: 3207: 3202: 3200: 3195: 3194: 3191: 3184: 3180: 3177: 3173: 3169: 3168: 3163: 3159: 3158: 3154: 3138: 3137: 3132: 3126: 3123: 3119: 3115: 3109: 3105: 3104: 3096: 3093: 3082: 3078: 3071: 3068: 3064: 3060: 3054: 3050: 3049: 3041: 3038: 3031: 3029: 3027: 3023: 3019: 3015: 3010: 3008: 3005:, which is a 3004: 3000: 2995: 2993: 2987: 2979: 2977: 2975: 2956: 2950: 2947: 2944: 2941: 2938: 2935: 2932: 2929: 2926: 2923: 2920: 2908: 2905: 2902: 2892: 2891: 2890: 2886: 2882: 2861: 2855: 2852: 2849: 2846: 2840: 2834: 2831: 2828: 2825: 2822: 2819: 2816: 2810: 2804: 2801: 2798: 2795: 2790: 2786: 2782: 2779: 2776: 2773: 2770: 2767: 2757: 2756: 2755: 2738: 2735: 2729: 2726: 2723: 2720: 2712: 2704: 2701: 2698: 2688: 2687: 2686: 2669: 2666: 2663: 2658: 2654: 2650: 2647: 2644: 2639: 2635: 2631: 2628: 2623: 2619: 2611: 2610: 2609: 2592: 2586: 2583: 2578: 2574: 2570: 2561: 2558: 2555: 2549: 2546: 2543: 2540: 2535: 2531: 2527: 2524: 2521: 2518: 2513: 2509: 2501: 2500: 2499: 2495: 2491: 2487: 2483: 2479: 2475: 2471: 2467: 2452: 2448: 2444: 2440: 2436: 2432: 2428: 2424: 2420: 2415: 2414: 2413: 2409: 2405: 2401: 2396:at the point 2372: 2369: 2366: 2363: 2358: 2354: 2350: 2344: 2338: 2331: 2330: 2329: 2327: 2322: 2320: 2308: 2299: 2290: 2286:. The points 2268: 2249: 2230: 2221: 2212: 2203: 2197: 2190: 2188: 2187: 2183: 2181: 2177: 2161: 2158: 2155: 2152: 2147: 2143: 2139: 2136: 2124: 2122: 2106: 2102: 2098: 2093: 2089: 2066: 2062: 2058: 2053: 2049: 2028: 2025: 2022: 2016: 2010: 2007: 1980: 1974: 1971: 1948: 1942: 1936: 1933: 1928: 1924: 1920: 1915: 1910: 1906: 1902: 1897: 1893: 1885: 1884: 1883: 1869: 1862: 1852: 1819: 1809: 1797: 1793: 1789: 1784: 1780: 1775: 1765: 1753: 1749: 1745: 1740: 1736: 1724: 1718: 1701: 1696: 1692: 1688: 1685: 1680: 1675: 1671: 1667: 1662: 1658: 1650: 1649: 1648: 1634: 1629: 1603: 1597: 1593: 1587: 1582: 1578: 1574: 1568: 1562: 1558: 1552: 1547: 1543: 1518: 1513: 1509: 1505: 1502: 1497: 1492: 1488: 1484: 1481: 1476: 1472: 1464: 1463: 1462: 1455: 1448: 1444: 1438: 1417: 1414: 1411: 1406: 1402: 1398: 1395: 1390: 1385: 1381: 1377: 1374: 1371: 1364: 1363: 1362: 1355: 1346: 1335: 1331: 1325: 1317: 1311: 1307: 1303: 1297: 1291: 1278: 1275: 1272: 1269: 1266: 1263: 1258: 1254: 1250: 1247: 1242: 1238: 1234: 1231: 1228: 1220: 1215: 1213: 1209: 1186: 1183: 1180: 1175: 1171: 1167: 1165: 1160: 1151: 1147: 1143: 1141: 1136: 1129: 1126: 1121: 1117: 1113: 1111: 1106: 1095: 1094: 1093: 1091: 1083: 1079: 1075: 1071: 1067: 1048: 1045: 1042: 1039: 1034: 1030: 1026: 1023: 1016: 1015: 1014: 1012: 1007: 1005: 1001: 993: 976: 973: 970: 967: 962: 958: 954: 951: 942: 935: 919: 913: 910: 906: 901: 898: 889: 881: 880: 879: 865: 862: 859: 856: 853: 850: 847: 844: 838: 831: 828: 820: 816: 811: 801: 796: 792: 785: 781: 776: 770: 766: 760: 756: 729: 723: 720: 713: 710: 707: 704: 699: 695: 689: 686: 683: 677: 668: 660: 659: 658: 656: 647: 630: 627: 624: 621: 618: 615: 612: 609: 604: 600: 596: 593: 586: 585: 584: 583: 578: 568: 564: 560: 556: 552: 548: 544: 543: 542: 539: 534: 530: 522: 516: 512: 508: 504: 500: 496: 492: 488: 483: 476: 473: 465: 463: 461: 456: 454: 450: 446: 442: 438: 434: 429: 427: 422: 420: 416: 412: 393: 390: 387: 384: 381: 378: 375: 372: 367: 363: 359: 356: 351: 347: 343: 336: 335: 334: 332: 326: 322: 316: 314: 310: 306: 302: 301:real function 298: 279: 275: 259: 256: 253: 250: 247: 244: 239: 235: 231: 228: 223: 219: 215: 212: 206: 200: 192: 188: 184: 174: 170: 166: 162: 158: 153: 147: 142: 139: 134: 124: 113: 110: 106: 103: 99: 96: 92: 89: 85: 82: –  81: 77: 76:Find sources: 70: 66: 62: 56: 55: 54:single source 50:This article 48: 44: 39: 38: 33: 19: 3416:Discriminant 3335:Multivariate 3274: 3165: 3141:, retrieved 3135: 3125: 3117: 3102: 3095: 3084:. Retrieved 3080: 3070: 3062: 3047: 3040: 3011: 2998: 2996: 2989: 2971: 2884: 2880: 2876: 2753: 2684: 2607: 2493: 2489: 2485: 2481: 2477: 2473: 2469: 2465: 2458: 2450: 2446: 2442: 2438: 2434: 2430: 2426: 2422: 2418: 2412:is the line 2407: 2403: 2399: 2387: 2326:rigid motion 2323: 2316: 2306: 2297: 2288: 2266: 2247: 2228: 2219: 2210: 2201: 2185: 2184: 2176:odd function 2128: 1963: 1722: 1719: 1716: 1533: 1453: 1446: 1442: 1439: 1432: 1353: 1344: 1333: 1329: 1326: 1315: 1309: 1305: 1295: 1293:Firstly, if 1292: 1216: 1205: 1082:mirror image 1066:translations 1063: 1008: 997: 812: 794: 790: 783: 779: 768: 764: 758: 754: 744: 648: 645: 576: 573: 566: 562: 558: 554: 550: 546: 541:defined by 537: 526: 514: 510: 506: 457: 430: 423: 408: 333:of the form 324: 320: 317: 297:real numbers 278:coefficients 277: 193:of the form 186: 180: 172: 168: 164: 160: 156: 145: 118: 108: 101: 94: 87: 75: 51: 3365:Homogeneous 3360:Square-free 3355:Irreducible 3220:Polynomials 3020:, which is 2999:interpolate 2972:This is an 2199:The points 1004:cubic curve 521:derivatives 329:produces a 272:that is, a 183:mathematics 3436:Categories 3325:Univariate 3086:2020-07-27 3032:References 2498:, that is 2445:)) : 2180:similarity 1217:The above 1078:reflection 894:inflection 582:derivative 415:derivative 91:newspapers 3411:Resultant 3350:Trinomial 3330:Bivariate 3172:EMS Press 3026:curvature 3022:piecewise 3007:piecewise 2933:− 2921:− 2915:↦ 2856:α 2841:α 2829:− 2823:α 2817:− 2805:α 2796:− 2787:α 2780:− 2774:α 2768:− 2730:α 2705:α 2702:− 2655:α 2636:α 2629:− 2575:α 2562:α 2559:− 2547:α 2532:α 2492: ′( 2441: ′( 2011:⁡ 1975:⁡ 1937:⁡ 1720:Then, if 1181:− 1070:homothecy 902:− 815:concavity 800:monotonic 705:− 690:± 684:− 499:concavity 445:monotonic 61:talk page 3442:Calculus 3396:Division 3345:Binomial 3340:Monomial 3143:June 17, 2125:Symmetry 832:″ 673:critical 318:Setting 309:codomain 191:function 3174:, 2001 2283:⁠ 2271:⁠ 2264:⁠ 2252:⁠ 2245:⁠ 2233:⁠ 1437:-axis. 1358:⁠ 1341:⁠ 1324:-axis. 1011:similar 992:similar 466:History 105:scholar 3233:degree 3110:  3055:  2304:, and 2217:, and 1964:where 1318:> 0 1300:, the 1298:< 0 808:> 0 786:< 0 657:, by 313:domain 291:, and 175:− 8)/4 107:  100:  93:  86:  78:  2480:) + ( 2429:) + ( 1208:up to 1000:graph 777:. If 501:of a 487:roots 449:Up to 433:graph 411:roots 327:) = 0 189:is a 163:) = ( 141:roots 112:JSTOR 98:books 3222:and 3145:2016 3108:ISBN 3053:ISBN 2472:) = 2081:and 998:The 553:) = 527:The 497:and 485:The 431:The 185:, a 138:real 84:news 3231:By 3181:on 2388:If 2121:). 2008:sgn 1972:sgn 1934:sgn 1725:≠ 0 1308:→ – 1210:an 793:– 3 782:– 3 771:= 0 767:– 3 757:– 3 517:− 4 513:+ 9 509:− 6 451:an 181:In 171:− 6 167:+ 3 148:= 0 67:by 3438:: 3170:, 3164:, 3116:. 3079:. 3061:. 2994:. 2883:, 2739:0. 2484:− 2449:∈ 2433:− 2421:, 2417:{( 2410:)) 2402:, 2295:, 2269:+ 2250:− 2231:+ 2208:, 1452:+ 1445:= 1339:– 1332:= 1214:. 810:. 795:ac 784:ac 769:ac 759:ac 751:= 565:+ 563:cx 561:+ 559:bx 557:+ 555:ax 493:, 489:, 462:. 421:. 287:, 283:, 3212:e 3205:t 3198:v 3185:. 3089:. 2957:. 2954:) 2951:x 2948:p 2945:6 2942:+ 2939:y 2936:8 2930:, 2927:x 2924:2 2918:( 2912:) 2909:y 2906:, 2903:x 2900:( 2887:) 2885:y 2881:x 2879:( 2862:. 2859:) 2853:p 2850:6 2847:+ 2844:) 2838:( 2835:f 2832:8 2826:, 2820:2 2814:( 2811:= 2808:) 2802:p 2799:2 2791:3 2783:8 2777:, 2771:2 2765:( 2736:= 2733:) 2727:2 2724:+ 2721:x 2718:( 2713:2 2709:) 2699:x 2696:( 2670:, 2667:0 2664:= 2659:3 2651:2 2648:+ 2645:x 2640:2 2632:3 2624:3 2620:x 2593:, 2590:) 2587:p 2584:+ 2579:2 2571:3 2568:( 2565:) 2556:x 2553:( 2550:+ 2544:p 2541:+ 2536:3 2528:= 2525:x 2522:p 2519:+ 2514:3 2510:x 2496:) 2494:α 2490:f 2488:) 2486:α 2482:x 2478:α 2476:( 2474:f 2470:x 2468:( 2466:f 2461:f 2455:. 2453:} 2451:R 2447:x 2443:α 2439:f 2437:) 2435:α 2431:x 2427:α 2425:( 2423:f 2419:x 2408:α 2406:( 2404:f 2400:α 2398:( 2394:f 2390:α 2373:. 2370:x 2367:p 2364:+ 2359:3 2355:x 2351:= 2348:) 2345:x 2342:( 2339:f 2310:3 2307:T 2301:2 2298:T 2292:1 2289:T 2280:4 2277:/ 2274:5 2267:x 2261:2 2258:/ 2255:5 2248:x 2242:2 2239:/ 2236:3 2229:x 2223:3 2220:P 2214:2 2211:P 2205:1 2202:P 2162:, 2159:x 2156:p 2153:+ 2148:3 2144:x 2140:= 2137:y 2107:3 2103:y 2099:= 2094:2 2090:y 2067:3 2063:x 2059:= 2054:2 2050:x 2029:, 2026:0 2023:= 2020:) 2017:0 2014:( 1998:p 1984:) 1981:p 1978:( 1949:, 1946:) 1943:p 1940:( 1929:3 1925:x 1921:+ 1916:3 1911:3 1907:x 1903:= 1898:3 1894:y 1870:, 1863:3 1858:| 1853:p 1849:| 1820:3 1815:| 1810:p 1806:| 1798:3 1794:y 1790:= 1785:2 1781:y 1776:, 1770:| 1766:p 1762:| 1754:3 1750:x 1746:= 1741:2 1737:x 1723:p 1702:, 1697:2 1693:x 1689:p 1686:+ 1681:3 1676:2 1672:x 1668:= 1663:2 1659:y 1635:, 1630:a 1604:a 1598:2 1594:y 1588:= 1583:1 1579:y 1575:, 1569:a 1563:2 1559:x 1553:= 1548:1 1544:x 1519:. 1514:1 1510:x 1506:p 1503:+ 1498:3 1493:1 1489:x 1485:a 1482:= 1477:1 1473:y 1459:y 1454:q 1450:1 1447:y 1443:y 1435:x 1418:. 1415:q 1412:+ 1407:1 1403:x 1399:p 1396:+ 1391:3 1386:1 1382:x 1378:a 1375:= 1372:y 1354:a 1352:3 1349:/ 1345:b 1337:1 1334:x 1330:x 1322:y 1316:a 1310:x 1306:x 1296:a 1279:. 1276:d 1273:+ 1270:x 1267:c 1264:+ 1259:2 1255:x 1251:b 1248:+ 1243:3 1239:x 1235:a 1232:= 1229:y 1187:. 1184:x 1176:3 1172:x 1168:= 1161:y 1152:3 1148:x 1144:= 1137:y 1130:x 1127:+ 1122:3 1118:x 1114:= 1107:y 1086:y 1080:( 1072:( 1049:. 1046:x 1043:p 1040:+ 1035:3 1031:x 1027:= 1024:y 977:. 974:x 971:c 968:+ 963:3 959:x 955:= 952:y 920:. 914:a 911:3 907:b 899:= 890:x 866:, 863:b 860:2 857:+ 854:x 851:a 848:6 845:= 842:) 839:x 836:( 829:f 806:0 804:Δ 791:b 780:b 765:b 755:b 749:0 747:Δ 730:. 724:a 721:3 714:c 711:a 708:3 700:2 696:b 687:b 678:= 669:x 651:x 631:0 628:= 625:c 622:+ 619:x 616:b 613:2 610:+ 605:2 601:x 597:a 594:3 577:x 570:, 567:d 551:x 549:( 547:f 538:f 523:. 515:x 511:x 507:x 394:, 391:0 388:= 385:d 382:+ 379:x 376:c 373:+ 368:2 364:x 360:b 357:+ 352:3 348:x 344:a 325:x 323:( 321:f 293:d 289:c 285:b 281:a 260:, 257:d 254:+ 251:x 248:c 245:+ 240:2 236:x 232:b 229:+ 224:3 220:x 216:a 213:= 210:) 207:x 204:( 201:f 177:. 173:x 169:x 165:x 161:x 159:( 157:f 146:y 123:) 119:( 109:· 102:· 95:· 88:· 71:. 57:. 34:. 20:)

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