Formulate linear and integer programming problems for solving commonly encountered optimization problems. Understand how approximation algorithms compute solutions that are guaranteed to be within ...

Find a linear approximation to the function \ (f (x)=\sqrt [3] {x+8}\) at \ (a=0\text {.}\) Use this approximation to estimate the numbers \ (\sqrt [3] {7.95}\) and \ (\sqrt [3] {8.1}\text {.}\) ...

Linear approximations to Euler equations imply a linear relationship between expected consumption growth and uncertainty in consumption growth, with a slope coefficient that is a function of the ...