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title: Sigmoid Functions
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# Sigmoid Functions
![[sigmoid-function-example.excalidraw]]
$f'(x)$ is a **sigmoid** function.
A sigmoid function compresses a function with infinite range to (0,1)
This is preferable to a floor-ceiling piece-wise function
since it remains differentiable.
## Formula
$$
\sigma(x) = \frac{1}{1 + e^{-x}}
$$
```tikz
\begin{document}
\begin{tikzpicture}[domain=-5:5]
\draw[->] (-5.2,0) -- (5.2,0) node[right] {$x$}; % x axis
\draw[->] (0,-5.2) -- (0,5.2) node[above] {$y$}; % y axis
\draw[color=red] plot (\x,\x) node[right] {$f(x) = x$};
\draw[color=orange] plot (\x,{1/(1+exp(-\x))}) node[right] {$\sigma(x) = \frac{1}{1 + e^{-x}}$};
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
```