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Less Mundane Applications of the Most Mundane Functions

General Mathematics 2023-08-29 v2

Abstract

Linear functions are arguably the most mundane among all functions. However, the basic fact that a multi-variable linear function has a constant gradient field can provide simple geometric insights into several familiar results such as the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, the GM-AM inequality, and some distance formulae, as we shall show.

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@article{arxiv.2201.08798,
  title  = {Less Mundane Applications of the Most Mundane Functions},
  author = {Pisheng Ding},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.08798},
  year   = {2023}
}