saddle point

saddle point

See also: saddlepoint and saddle-point

English

A graph of ${\\displaystyle z=x^{2}-y^{2}}$, 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

Translations

geometry

Estonian: sadulpunkt Finnish: satulapiste French: point col m German: Sattelpunkt (de) m Hungarian: nyeregpont (hu) Icelandic: söðulpunktur m

Norwegian: Bokmål: sadelpunkt (no) n Polish: punkt siodłowy m Spanish: punto de silla m Swedish: sadelpunkt (sv) c

game theory

Finnish: satulapiste

German: Sattelpunkt (de) m

Further reading

• saddle point on Wikipedia.Wikipedia