Talk:Stationary point

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A picture would be much wanted to show the points of minimum, the points of maximum, and the inflection points. Oleg Alexandrov 13:05, 23 December 2004 (UTC)

Agreed. I added said pics, what do you think ? StuRat 22:56, 27 August 2005 (UTC)


First paragraph of articles states "An equivalent definition is where the derivative of the function equals zero (known as a critical number)."

This suggests: f'(c) = 0 <==> c is a critical number, which is not true (reverse is not true)

What about linked extremums? --Čikić Dragan 13:42, 13 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Astronomical use

There really should be a comment about the use of the term in Astronomy. CFLeon 23:31, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

Such as ? StuRat 05:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
When the Earth passes an outer planet, it appears to stop and then reverse for awhile, then stop and go the first way. Those are called the stationary points of an orbit. CFLeon 22:37, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
Ok, this is a completely unrelated usage of the term, so I suggest you create a new article named stationary point (astronomy). Just click on the link to create the article. StuRat 02:59, 19 May 2006 (UTC)
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