👉 In mathematics, a copout is a term used to describe a function in which its derivative is zero. A function f(x) = ax^n + b has a "copout" if and only if n is an integer multiple of 2. For example: f(x) = x^3 - 4x^2 + 5 The derivative of this function, f'(x), would be 3x^2 - 8x. Since the derivative is not zero at