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cubic equation

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cubic equation

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a polynomial equation in a single variable where the highest exponent of the variable is 3.

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Encyclopedic overview

Graph of a cubic function with 3 real roots (where the curve crosses the horizontal axis at y = 0). The case shown has two critical points. Here the function is

f ( x )

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “cubic equation” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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