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* [[https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/lagrange_multipliers/|More people should know about Lagrange multipliers]] by Brian Skinner | * [[https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2018/07/06/lagrange_multipliers/|More people should know about Lagrange multipliers]] by Brian Skinner | ||
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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 algorithms/functions in order to find that maximum. | ||
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