On a Calculus Textbook Problem
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2015-12-25 v1
Abstract
We consider generalizations of a well known elementary problem. A wire of the fixed length is cut into two pieces, one piece is bent into a circle and the second one into a square. What dimensions of the circle and the square will minimize their total area?
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@article{arxiv.1512.07689,
title = {On a Calculus Textbook Problem},
author = {Arkady Kitover and Mehmet Orhon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.07689},
year = {2015}
}
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9 pages