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For questions about examples for some mathematical subject – usually for purposes of motivation and illustration.

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"Real world" examples of implicit functions

Probably the simplest algebraic examples of what you're looking for are given by the elliptic curves. … I admit that I've abstracted a bit from the physics and that these examples fit into situations that other answers have described. …
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