Day 14 in Mat320

Today:

• There's a test coming up next Friday: covers chapter 15.

• No new worksheet.

• Return 15.6b problems.

• No quiz opportunity.

• Collect problems 15.7 (Part I).

• Questions/Comments on old stuff?
  • 15.7 (Part II): can't be collected on 2/16 (Presidents' Day); we'll collect it on Wednesday, along with the 15.8 assignment. I'll have those back Thursday, if you wish.
  • Projects! Have a look at the projects described on pages 984, 992, and 993. These might suggest something. Be free! Think of your own project! (Optimization is kind of an obvious target....)

• Section 15.8:
  • worksheet study questions

  • section summary

  • Problems:
    • Lagrange multipliers let us check the boundaries, when optimizing a function on a closed region:

Next time: Review for Test 1, Friday, 2/20