Definition:Inflectional Tangent

Definition

Let $f$ be a real function with a point of inflection at $\xi \in \Dom f$.

Let $\LL$ be a tangent line to $f$.

The $\LL$ is known as an inflectional tangent to $f$ at $\xi$.

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Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): inflectional tangent
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): inflectional tangent