Talk:Graph of a function
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I was missing these kind of topics. We should also make a list of famous curves if it isn't yet somewhere in Wikipedia. For instance the Watt's curve in spherical polar coordinates: r2 = b2 - (a sin φ ± √(c2 - a cos2 φ))2 and many more (http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Curves/Curves.html) ... --XJamRastafire 19:15 Sep 18, 2002 (UTC)
Please, I have read "We can approximate a function --by mean of several methods-- given a functional dependence of adequate size". It seems to me that "Graph of a function" and "Functional dependence" are very closed concepts and clearly represented by a two columns table with a picture like the following:
x | y --+--- 5 | 11 2 | 5 1 | 3
Please, let me know if you know such synonym and if so, where is (and who wrote) the original definition of such a type of "functional dependence"? For my part, I know that E. F. Codd in 1972 applied the concept and used the term as a mean of database design verification/normalization. Dr. Amstrong axiomatized this kind of dependences in 1974. I try to found the original mathematical concept before its computer application (if really such thing existed before Codd/Amstrong). Thank you. [Enrique Villar; mailto:evillarm@capgemini.es]