Difference between revisions of "Implicitly defined function"
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Revision as of 10:22, 29 October 2008
An implicit function is a function that isn't explicit. That is, it doesn't express 
in terms of 
. It is often difficult or inconvenient to rewrite an implicit function in explicit form.
Examples
