Elastic flows and gradient flows are important concepts in the study of curves and surfaces in mathematics, particularly in the context of geometric analysis. These flows describe how curves ...

We can calculate the gradient of a tangent to a curve by differentiating. In order to find the equation of a tangent, we: Differentiate the equation of the curve Substitute the \(x\) value into ...

To construct the tangent to a curve at a certain point A, you draw a line that follows the general direction of the curve at that point. An example of this can be seen below. Once the tangent is ...