Talk:Cubic function

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What is the name of the shape in a Cubic Function Graph? 168.170.46.5 16:39, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

Historically, it is called a cubic parabola, which is confusing if the term parabola has always meant the curve of a second-degree polynomial in your education. The 1911 Britannica article Parabola describes many curves having the name parabola. Alternative names include cubical parabola, parabola of third degree, cubic polynomial curve, third-degree polynomial curve, and polynomial curve of third degree. Other names are variations of what I have listed but substituting order for degree, or rephrasing of third degree as of degree 3.Nicknicknickandnick 21:02, 23 May 2006 (UTC)