Parent function
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In mathematics, a parent function is the simplest function of a family of functions that preserves the definition (or shape) of the entire family. For example, for the family of quadratic formulas having the general form
the simplest function of this form is
For the family of n-degree polynomial functions for any given n, then, the parent function is simply xn.
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