Function Analyzing Applet
Instructions:
- Enter the function into the textfield, click the "Graph" button.
Pan and zoom work as usual.
- To graph the critical points, click the "Info" button, and
seelct the "Crit" checkbox. If you pan or zoom the function,
deselect then select the "Crit" checkbox.
- You can get an approximate idea of the location of the critical
points by clicking the mouse on the points. The (x,y) coordinates
are displayed.
- Only the critical points in the field of view are computed.
- "Inc" will show intervals on which the function is increasing.
- "Dec" will show intervals on which the function is decreasing.
- "Inf" will graph inflection points.
- "Convex" will show intervals on which the function is convex.
- "Concave" will show intervals on which the function is concave.