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    the witch of Agnesi (Italian pronunciation: [aɲˈɲeːzi, -eːsi; -ɛːzi]) is a cubic plane curve defined from two diametrically opposite points of a circle...
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    error or possibly as a pun. The curve has become known as the "Witch of Agnesi". Agnesi also wrote a commentary on the Traité analytique des sections coniques...
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  • named after Maria Gaetana (also known as Agnesi witch) 16765 Agnesi, asteroid, named for Maria Gaetana Agnesi (crater), on planet Venus, named for Maria...
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    {\displaystyle f(x)={\frac {1}{(1+x^{2})^{3/2}}}} sech(x) (in blue) Witch of Agnesi φb for b = 1 Raised cosine PDF Kaiser window Weisstein, Eric W. "Delta...
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  • parabola Serpentine curve Trident curve Trisectrix of Maclaurin Tschirnhausen cubic Witch of Agnesi Ampersand curve Bean curve Bicorn Transformed bicorn...
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  • Witch of Agnesi Ampersand curve Bean curve Bicorn Bow curve Bullet-nose curve Cruciform curve Deltoid curve Devil's curve Hippopede Kampyle of Eudoxus...
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    form of the density function of the Cauchy distribution was studied geometrically by Fermat in 1659, and later was known as the witch of Agnesi, after...
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  • Tschirnhausen cubic Witch of Agnesi Quartic plane curves include Ampersand curve Bean curve Bicorn Bow curve Bullet-nose curve Cartesian oval Conchoid of Dürer Cruciform...
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    debris Tell – Ancient settlement mound Witch of Agnesi – Cubic plane curve Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin, 2004...
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    Luigi Guido Grandi (category Fellows of the Royal Society)
    who mistook the term "witch" (Italian: avversiera) for Grandi's term, this curve became known in English as the witch of Agnesi. It was through his studies...
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