In this math tutorial I will show you how to sketch a quadratic function, find the axis of symmetry, determine the y-intercepts and find the zeros or x-intercepts. To find the x-intercepts we use such ...

Is there a term for the shape shown above: a smooth, continuous curve with three axes of symmetry? And if anyone could share the equation for this curve, I would be very grateful. The plate appears to ...

I don’t know the equation nor the name (my Greek being insufficient) of the curve required. However, I can offer a relatively simple way to draw such a shape using a straight edge and compass. Take an ...

To begin to understand what mathematicians and physicists see in the abstract structures of symmetries, let’s start with a familiar shape. We are fond of saying things are symmetric, but what does ...