Lecture 26: Optimization, sections 4.4 and 4.5

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Assignment

Section 4.3, problems 1-6, 25-31, 33-34, 67

Section 4.4, problems 6n+1, n=0,...,6; 41, 45, 57-59

Brief review of the lecture

What are Absolute Extrema? How do you find them? Considered were three examples,
f(x)=x^2 on the interval [-1,2]
f(x)=x^3-2x^2-4x+4 on the interval [0,3], and
f(x)=x^(2/3) on the interval [-1,8].
Remember the test on Friday, March 27.

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