basic_tools:lagrange_multiplier
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| - | + | * [[https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/lagrange_multipliers/|More people should know about Lagrange multipliers]] by Brian Skinner | |
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| - | Explanations in this section should contain no formulas, but instead colloquial things like you would hear them during a coffee break or at a cocktail party. | + | |
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| + | Sometimes you want to maximize something (profit, health, utility, floor space) but subject to a constraint. A Lagrange multiplier is the name for the variable you mess with when running optimization algorithsm/functions in order to find that maximum. | ||
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