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saddle_point

saddle point

See also: saddlepoint and saddle-point

English

A graph of , with a saddle point marked in red.

Noun

saddle point (plural saddle points)

  1. A point in the range of a smooth function every neighborhood of which contains points on each side of its tangent plane.
  2. (game theory) Such a point in the graphical representation of the possible outcomes of a game

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