"mean value theorem" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mean value theorems [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=mean value theorem}} mean value theorem (plural mean value theorems)
  1. (mathematics) Any of various theorems that saliently concern mean values. Categories (topical): Mathematics Derived forms: Cauchy's mean value theorem, extended mean value theorem, Gauss's mean value theorem Related terms: intermediate value theorem
    Sense id: en-mean_value_theorem-en-noun-wwOaMhhF Topics: mathematics, sciences
  2. (calculus, uncountable) The theorem that for any real-valued function that is differentiable on an interval, there is a point in that interval where the derivative of the curve equals the slope of the straight line between the graphed function values at the interval's end points. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Calculus Synonyms (theorem that a point exists where the derivative equals the overall slope): Lagrange mean value theorem, mean value theorem for derivative Translations (theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope): differentiaalilaskennan väliarvolause (Finnish), väliarvolause (Finnish), Mittelwertsatz [masculine] (German), משפט הערך הממוצע (mishpát ha'érech hamemutzá) [masculine] (Hebrew), משפט לגראנז' (mishpát lagránzh) [masculine] (Hebrew), teorema di Lagrange [masculine] (Italian), teorema del valor medio [masculine] (Italian), teorema dell'incremento finito [masculine] (Italian), hunain ng tamtaming halga (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-mean_value_theorem-en-noun-BntWGnrf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Topics: calculus, mathematics, sciences Disambiguation of 'theorem that a point exists where the derivative equals the overall slope': 15 85 Disambiguation of 'theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope': 7 93

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