Sigmoid Function

The sigmoid function, also called the sigmoidal curve (von Seggern 2007, p. 148) or logistic function, is the function

(1)

It has derivative

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and indefinite integral

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It has Maclaurin series

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where is an Euler polynomial and is a Bernoulli number.

It has an inflection point at , where

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It is also the solution to the ordinary differential equation

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with initial condition .