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conic sections
Cartesian coordinates
Polynomial graphThe figure shows part of the graph of the polynomial equation y = 3x4 − 16x3 + 6x2 + 24x + 1. Note that the same scale need not be used for the x- and y-axis.
elliptic paraboloid
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Gaspard Monge, detail of an oil painting by Jean Naigeon, 1811; in the Museum of Fine Arts, Beaune, France.
Gaspard Monge, count de Péluse
French mathematician and public official
Plücker, Julius
Julius Plücker
German mathematician and physicist
August Ferdinand Möbius, detail from an engraving by an unknown artist.
August Ferdinand Möbius
German mathematician and astronomer
Fermat, portrait by Roland Lefèvre; in the Narbonne City Museums, France
Pierre de Fermat
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