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In mathematics, a saddle point is a point of a [[function]] (of one or more variables) which is both a [[stationary point]] and a [[point of inflection]], but not a [[local extremum]]. | In mathematics, a saddle point is a point of a [[function]] (of one or more variables) which is both a [[stationary point]] and a [[point of inflection]], but not a [[local extremum]]. | ||
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Revision as of 06:34, July 23, 2007
In mathematics, a saddle point is a point of a function (of one or more variables) which is both a stationary point and a point of inflection, but not a local extremum.