WITCH OF AGNESI Definition & Meaning

witch of Agnesi

[ah-nyey-zee]

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noun

Geometry.

a plane curve symmetrical about the y- axis and asymptotic to the x- axis, given by the equation x 2 y =4 a 2 (2 a −y ).

witch of Agnesi

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noun

Sometimes shortened to: witch.��maths a plane curve, symmetrical about the y- axis, having the equation x ² y = 4 a ²(2 a – y )

witch of Agnesi

A planar cubic curve that is symmetric about the y-axis and that approaches the x-axis as an asymptote. Its equation is x ² y = 4 a ² (2 a − y), where a is a constant.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of witch of Agnesi¹

1870–75; named after Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–99), Italian mathematician and philosopher

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of witch of Agnesi¹

C19: named after Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718–99), Italian mathematician and philosopher; probably so called from the resemblance of the curve to the outline of a witch's hat

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Witch of Agnesi hovers like an apparition above a still pool of water, where its varied forms are reflected and distorted.

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In it, she discusses the algebraic curve, now known as the witch of Agnesi.

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He would learn the city, the ignorance of which had resulted in his being hungry—he, a young man college-bred, and with some knowledge of Quintilian's crabbedness, or the equations of X and Y in this or that or the Witch of Agnesi.

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