cubic/quartic graphs

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@@ -21,3 +21,30 @@ $$y=mx+c, \quad {x \over a} + {y \over b}=1$$
 
 Parallel lines - $m_1 = m_2$  
 Perpendicular lines - $m_1 \times m_2 = -1$
 
 Parallel lines - $m_1 = m_2$  
 Perpendicular lines - $m_1 \times m_2 = -1$

+
+
+## Cubic graphs
+
+$$y=a(x-b)^3 + c$$
+
+- $m=0$ at *stationary point of inflection*
+- in form $y=(x-a)^2(x-b)$, local max at $x=a$, local min at $x=b$
+- in form $y=a(x-b)(x-c)(x-d)$: $x$-intercepts at $b, c, d$
+
+
+## Quartic graphs
+
+$$y=ax^4$$
+
+$$=a(x-b)(x-c)(x-d)(x-e)$$
+
+$$=ax^4+cd^2 (c \ge 0)$$
+
+$$=ax^2(x-b)(x-c)$$
+
+$$=a(x-b)^2(x-c)^2$$
+
+$$=a(x-b)(x-c)^3$$
+
+where
+- $x$-intercepts at $x=b,c,d,e$