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Family of Curves


A set of curves whose equations are of the same form but which have different values assigned to one or more parameters in the equations. Families of curves arise, for example, in the solutions to differential equations with a free parameter (Harris and Stocker 1998, p. 649).


See also

Curve, Family, Integral Curve

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References

Harris, J. W. and Stocker, H. Handbook of Mathematics and Computational Science. New York: Springer-Verlag, 1998.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Family of Curves." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FamilyofCurves.html

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