Monthly Archives: February 2019

Science Problems with an Apology

Posted on February 22, 2019 by jrh794

I added these two problems to the Precalculus homework list as part of my effort to incorporate science examples in my classes. They were taken from solutions to some physics exercises and intended to give more practice on multi-variable systems. … Continue reading →

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An Optimization Excursion

Posted on February 19, 2019 by jrh794

A student, Emily Wimmer, walked into my office.  She was trying to make sense of an optimization algorithm.  We worked it out and off she went to write a MATLAB program to test the algorithm on a well-behaved function. Of … Continue reading →

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