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(27) Curvas de nível

English translation: level curves

22:56 Jul 18, 2001
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial
Portuguese term or phrase: (27) Curvas de nível
MATEMÁTICA (num curso de economia)

Curvas de nível: curvas de indiferença e isoquantas de produção
António Ribeiro
Local time: 01:29
English translation:level curves
Explanation:
In full: "Level curves: indifference curves and production isoquants..."

All three of these terms appear at the first web site: "Economics 100A: Level curves of functions. -- If f(x1,x2) is a function of the two variables x1 and x2, a level curve of f(x1,x2) is just a locus of points in the (x1,x2) along which f(x1,x2) takes on some
constant value, say the value of k. The equation of this level curve is therefore simply f(x1,x2) = k, where we may or may not want to solve for x2. For
example, the level curves of a consumer’s utility function are just her indifference curves (defined by the equation U(x1,x2) = u0), and the level curves of a firm’s production function are just the isoquants (defined by the equation f(K,L) = q0)..."

And the second site explains that the latter two terms are synonymous: "Graphically, we plot the budget line and production indifference curve (an isoquant) indicating that CCC can produce no more than 1,000 containers..."

(Is it any wonder economics is universally referred to as "the dismal science"??)

Cheers,
HC
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Heathcliff
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Local time: 08:29
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na +1level curves
Heathcliff
naregression curves
DrSantos
naContours or contour lines
Silvio Picinini


  

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27 mins
regression curves


Explanation:
expressão muito usada em geometria analítica-cartesiana (equação representada numa curva gráfica).
Usei e é muito usado em várias ciências (todas que precisam de um gráfico exato, representado por uma curva que pode ser: 1 reta, hipérbole, e muitas outras formas, mas que "obedecem" essa curva. "Regression curve", sem dúvida (se fôr o que estou pensando).


    Geometria anal�tica
DrSantos
Local time: 16:29
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in pair: 183
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35 mins peer agreement (net): +1
level curves


Explanation:
In full: "Level curves: indifference curves and production isoquants..."

All three of these terms appear at the first web site: "Economics 100A: Level curves of functions. -- If f(x1,x2) is a function of the two variables x1 and x2, a level curve of f(x1,x2) is just a locus of points in the (x1,x2) along which f(x1,x2) takes on some
constant value, say the value of k. The equation of this level curve is therefore simply f(x1,x2) = k, where we may or may not want to solve for x2. For
example, the level curves of a consumer’s utility function are just her indifference curves (defined by the equation U(x1,x2) = u0), and the level curves of a firm’s production function are just the isoquants (defined by the equation f(K,L) = q0)..."

And the second site explains that the latter two terms are synonymous: "Graphically, we plot the budget line and production indifference curve (an isoquant) indicating that CCC can produce no more than 1,000 containers..."

(Is it any wonder economics is universally referred to as "the dismal science"??)

Cheers,
HC



    Reference: http://weber.ucsd.edu/~jshachat/Econ100A/W01/Lcurves/lcurves...
    Reference: http://www.princeton.edu/~econ102s/PS4.pdf
Heathcliff
United States
Local time: 08:29
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 235
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DrSantos: é fácil olhar em websites
14 hrs
  -> Not necessarily, It's easy to do superficial searches; intelligent ones require the use of a brain cell or two.
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7 hrs
Contours or contour lines


Explanation:
Em mapeamento a expressão usada é essa. No caso, parecem estar usando a mesma idéia aplicada a matemática e economia, porque isoquantas são pontos do gráfico de produção com a mesma quantidade, ou seja, são "curvas de nível" no mapa de produção.


    Experi�ncia em mapeamento
Silvio Picinini
United States
Local time: 08:29
Native speaker of: Portuguese
PRO pts in pair: 113

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DrSantos: Essa também é boa, se fôr topografia
7 hrs
disagree  Heathcliff: Topography, yes -- which this clearly isn't...
6 days
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