A quadratic function is a function of the form <math>f(x)=ax^2+bx+c</math>, where a is nonzero.
In the case where the domain and codomain are R (the real numbers), the graph of such a function is a parabola.
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As the novel opens, Stiva's friend Levin has returned Moscow from his country estate with the intention of proposing to Kitty. He first meets Stiva wh ...