The curve y is called the witch of Agnesi after the Italian

Last updated: 2/7/2023

The curve y is called the witch of Agnesi after the Italian mathematician Maria Agnesi 1718 1799 who wrote one of x 1 the first books on calculus This strange name is the result of a mistranslation of the Italian word la versiera meaning that which turns Find equations of the tangent lines to the curve at x 6 Use symbolic notation and fractions where needed At x 6 the tangent line is y At x 6 the tangent line is