In calculus, a derivative test uses the derivatives of a function to locate the critical points of a function and determine whether each point is a local...

In mathematics, the second partial derivative test is a method in multivariable calculus used to determine if a critical point of a function is a local...

second derivative, or the second-order derivative, of a function f is the derivative of the derivative of f. Informally, the second derivative can be...

more can be said from the point of view of Morse theory. The second-derivative test for functions of one and two variables is simpler than the general...

respectively, there.) This is called the second derivative test. An alternative approach, called the first derivative test, involves considering the sign of the...

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minimum, or neither by using the first derivative test, second derivative test, or higher-order derivative test, given sufficient differentiability. For...

protein derivative) is a tool for screening for tuberculosis (TB) and for tuberculosis diagnosis. It is one of the major tuberculin skin tests used around...

by analyzing the derivatives further, using the first derivative test, the second derivative test, or the higher-order derivative test. Intuitively, a...

The derivative is a fundamental tool of calculus that quantifies the sensitivity of change of a function's output with respect to its input. The derivative...