Light curve (1413 bytes)
3: ...ph of light intensity as a function of time. The light is usually in a particular frequency interval or ...
5: ...other variables, or [[aperiodic]], like the light curve of a [[nova]], a [[cataclysmic variable star]] or...
7: The study of the light curve, together with other observations, can yield cons...
9: ...e it is unclear whether there is one or two light curve peaks per rotation period.

Asteroid light curve (438 bytes)
1: ...auses a periodic variation in brightness. A light curve, or brightness versus time, graph of an asteroid ...

Red light, green light (547 bytes)
1: ...towards "it". At any time, "it" can call out "Red light!" and the others must freeze in place. In anyone ...

Curve (10841 bytes)
3: ... line]]. A large number of other [[List of curves|curves]] have been studied in [[geometry]].
5: ...urve]]''), or [[graph of a function]] ([[Phillips curve]]).
10: ...ion makes it possible to talk about closed simple curve).
12: ...simple closed curve''' is also called a '''Jordan curve'''.
14: ... plane. These definitions also apply to algebraic curves (see below).

Altoona Curve (581 bytes)
1: [[Image:AltoonaCurve_100.png|right|Altoona Curve]]
3: ...he [[Pittsburgh Pirates]] major-league club. The Curve play in [[Blair County Ballpark]], located in Alt...
6: * [http://www.altoonacurve.com/ Altoona Curve official site]

Koch curve (2260 bytes)
3: ...wflake''' (or '''Koch star''') is the same as the curve, except it starts with an [[equilateral triangle]...
14: The Koch curve is in the limit approached as the above steps are...
16: ... {1} but smaller than [[Peano]]'s [[Space-filling curve]] {2}).
18: The Koch curve is [[continuous function|continuous]], but not [[...
21: |[[Image:Koch curve.GIF|center|]]

Indifference curve (5743 bytes)
1: In [[microeconomics]], an '''indifference curve''' is a [[graph of a function|graph]] showing com...
3: ...inations would all lie on the same indifference [[curve]].
7: The theory of indifference curves was developed by [[Francis Ysidro Edgeworth|Edge...
9: == Indifference Curve Properties ==
11: Indifference curves are typically assumed to have the following feat...

Forgetting curve (2827 bytes)
1: ...[[graph of a function|graph]] of the forgetting [[curve]] shows that humans tend to halve their memory of...
16: ...the first to describe the shape of the forgetting curve.
18: ... vivid or traumatic memories. The flatness of the curve is not necessarily evidence for the decrease in t...
20: .... This means that, in this period, the forgetting curve "falls" by 10%.

Lorenz curve (2936 bytes)
1: The '''Lorenz curve''' was developed by [[Max O. Lorenz]] in [[1905]]...
3: ...e is based on such statements; every point on the curve represents one such statement.
5: The Lorenz [[curve]] is a [[graph of a function|graph]] that shows, ...
9: ...0, and ''y'' = 100 when ''x'' = 100. We call this curve the line of perfect inequality.
11: ...r sink below the line of perfect inequality. The curve must be increasing and [[convex]] to the y axis.

Dragon curve (985 bytes)
1: ...ge:Fractal dragon curve.jpg|thumb|256px|'''Dragon curve''']]
2: ...:Pavement with dragons.png|thumb|256px|The dragon curve can be tiled to fill a plane.]]
4: ...ly defined]] curve, similar in vein to the [[Koch curve|von Koch snowflake]].
15: ...p://mathworld.wolfram.com/DragonCurve.html Dragon Curve—from MathWorld]
16: .../lecnotes/node17.html Paperfolding and the Dragon curve]

Modular curve (2634 bytes)
1: ...[[Riemann surface]], or corresponding [[algebraic curve]], constructed as
6: ...t is usually, more strictly, meant by a ''modular curve''.
8: ...s with a given basis for the ''N''-torsion. These curves have been studied in great detail.
10: ...ion field''' is a [[function field]] of a modular curve (or, occasionally, of some other [[moduli space]]...
12: ...s [[correspondence]]s connecting pairs of modular curves.

Demand curve (532 bytes)
1: In [[economics]], the '''demand curve''' can be defined as the [[graph]] depicting the ...

Paschen curve (688 bytes)
3: In [[electrostatics]], the '''Paschen curve''' is a theoretical relationship for the direct-c...

Standard curve (1486 bytes)
1: A '''standard curve''' is a quantitative research tool, a method of p...
3: ...ar to that being measured. For example a standard curve for protein concentration is often created using ...
5: ...ance and follows a line to intersect the standard curve. The corresponding value on the X-axis is the con...

Lévy C curve (1969 bytes)
1: [[Image:Levy C Curve final.gif|thumb|Lévy C curve (after the first 12 stages)]]
2: ... [[Paul Lévy]] in his 1938 paper ''Plane or Space Curves and Surfaces Consisting of Parts Similar to the ...
5: The construction of the C curve starts with a straight line. An [[isosceles]] tri...
7: ...ir respective triangle. So, after two stages, the curve takes the appearance of three sides of a rectangl...
9: ...eles triangle built on it. After ''n'' stages the curve consists of 2^''n'' line segments, each...

French curve (206 bytes)
1: ... and composed of successive segments of geometric curves.

Kuznets curve (2597 bytes)
1: ...rkets. Kuznets curve diagrams show an inverted U curve, although variables along the axes are often mixe...
3: ...[Image: Kuznets_curve.jpg|thumb|150px|The Kuznets curve]]
4: ...onomics|Marxists]] to further explain the Kuznets curve.
6: ===Environmental Kuznets curve===
7: Another situation where Kuznets type curves appear is the [[environment]]. It is claimed tha...

Kappa curve (1476 bytes)
1: ...curve with asymptotes - by Pt.png|frame|The kappa curve has two vertical [[asymptote]]s.]]
2: ...hoven's curve''' is a two-dimensional [[algebraic curve]] resembling the [[Greek alphabet|Greek letter]] ...
19: The kappa curve's [[curvature]]:
25: The kappa curve was first studied by [[Gérard van Gutschoven]] ar...
29: *[http://mathworld.wolfram.com/KappaCurve.html The corresponding MathWorld article]

Asymptotic curve (1125 bytes)
1: ...of [[surface]]s, an '''asymptotic curve''' is a [[curve]] always [[tangent]] to an asymptotic direction o...
3: ...ce's [[surface normal|normal]] at that point. The curve of intersection of the plane and the surface will...
5: ... quite distinct from an [[asymptote]]; asymptotic curves are embedded in their surface whereas asymptotes...
10: *[http://mathworld.wolfram.com/AsymptoticCurve.html Mathworld]
12: ....mathcurve.com/surfaces/asymptotic/asymptotic Mathcurve] (in [[French language|French]])

Elliptic curve (7369 bytes)
1: ...ptography]]) and [[integer factorization]]. These curves are '''''not''''' [[ellipse]]s: see [[elliptic i...
3: Elliptic curves are by definition [[non-singular]], meaning they...
5: Typical elliptic curves over the field of [[real number]]s are given by ...
9: ...ptic curve is a non-singular projective algebraic curve over ''K'' with [[genus (mathematics)|genus]] 1.
11: ... of ''K'' is neither 2 nor 3, then every elliptic curve over ''K'' can be written in the form

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