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mean value theorem

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Meaning 1

The theorem that for any real-valued function that is differentiable on an interval, there is a point in that interval where the derivative of the curve equals the slope of the straight line between the graphed function values at the interval's end points.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: calculus, mathematics, sciences

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Meaning 2

Any of various theorems that saliently concern mean values.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: mathematics, sciences

Examples

  • 1984 [Nauka, Moscow], Sergey Ermakov, V. V. Nekrutkin (authors and translators), A. S. Sipin (author), Random Processes for Classical Equations of Mathematical Physics, [1984, С. М. Ермаков, В. В. Некруткин, А. С. Сипин, Случайные процессы для решения классических уравнений математической физики], 1989, Kluwer, Softcover Reprint, page xiii, For parabolic equations (Section 5.1) and for the exterior Dirichlet problem (Section 5.2), it is possible to apply the well known mean value theorems.

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  • Asturian: teorema del valor medu — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • Bulgarian: теорема за средните стойности (teorema za srednite stojnosti) — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • Catalan: teorema del valor mitjà — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • Chinese Mandarin: 中值定理 (zhōngzhí dìnglǐ) — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • Finnish: differentiaalilaskennan väliarvolause — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • Finnish: väliarvolause — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • French: théorème des accroissements finis — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • Galician: teorema del valor medio — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • German: Mittelwertsatz — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • Hebrew: משפט הערך הממוצע (mishpát ha'érech hamemutzá) — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • Hebrew: משפט לגראנז׳ (mishpát lagránzh) — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • Italian: teorema di Lagrange — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • Italian: teorema del valor medio — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • Italian: teorema dell'incremento finito — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • Portuguese: teorema do valor médio — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • Spanish: teorema del valor medio — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope
  • Tagalog: hunain ng tamtaming halga — theorem that for a differentiable function on an interval there is a point in the interval where the derivative equals the overall slope