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In Chapter I we mentioned the usefulness of representing a relationship between two variables by its graph. It is worth spelling out exactly what this representation entails in a specific example, so let us return to y = x2. We assume for the moment that x is allowed to be any real number, then y has to be the square of x.
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Baylis, J. (1991). Curves — Continuous, Discontinuous and Unimaginable. In: What is Mathematical Analysis?. Dimensions of Mathematics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12063-5_2
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