A point on a curve where the gradient is zero.
Example sentencesExamples
- This is a consequence of the symmetry of the model in the two components; in fact is a stationary point on the likelihood surface.
- Frequency analyses were performed at each stationary point on the potential energy surface.
- Bands will be required to perform on the move but will be judged at a stationary point along the route.
- The Einstein equation can be derived as the solution to Euler-Lagrange equations that represent the stationary point, or extremum, of the action.
- An important postulate concerning stationary points that we adopt in smooth infinitesimal analysis is the Constancy Principle.