Electronic Proceedings of the Eighth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate MathematicsHouston, Texas, November 16-19, 1995Paper C078Mathematical Analysis on the HP-48 |
Richard D. JarvinenDepartment of Mathematics and Statistics Winona State University The Minnesota State Universities Winona, MN 55987 USA Phone: (507) 457-5590 Fax: (507) 457-5376 rdjarvinen@vax2.winona.msus.edu list of all papers by this author |
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ABSTRACT
The HP-48GX is used to investigate features of a function of n variables arising in the context of a nonlinear optimization problem in operations research. Interestingly, the function involves both discrete and continuous variables. The optimal solution requires not only determination of the values of the continuous variables but, more interestingly, also the number of variables per se to include. Special attention is directed to the investigation of the domain and monotonic properties of the function.Keyword(s): HP48G, linear programming