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  • Real functions of the form , where , are sometimes called power functions. When is an integer and , two primary families exist: for even, and for odd. In general for , when is even will tend towards positive infinity with increasing , and also towards positive infinity with decreasing . All graphs from the family of even power functions have the general shape of , flattening more in the middle as increases. Functions with this kind of symmetry () are called even functions. When is odd, 's asymptotic behavior reverses from positive to negative . For , will also tend towards positive infinity with increasing , but towards negative infinity with decreasing . All graphs from the family of odd power functions have the general shape of , flattening more in the middle as increases and losing all flatness there in the straight line for . Functions with this kind of symmetry () are called odd functions. For , the opposite asymptotic behavior is true in each case
    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponentiation#Power_functions)

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