Amrita Pandit posted an Question
December 25, 2019 • 17:57 pm 65 points
  • IIT JAM
  • Mathematics (MA)

What is saddle point?

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    Priya wadhwa Best Answer

    A point at which a function of two variables has partial derivatives equal to zero but at which the function has neither a maximum nor a minimum value.

  • Ankur Rao

    it is a critical point. it is crossing of two contour lines. The shape is like saddle i.e. concave up in one direction and concave down in other.

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