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I remember needing to relearn Lagrange multipliers several times throughout undergrad and grad school. Each time I needed a refresher, I ended up back at this

I remember needing to relearn Lagrange multipliers several times throughout undergrad and grad school. Each time I needed a refresher, I ended up back at this "cow and the river" example. For some reason it always seems to map nicely back to whatever the current problem I am focused on is.

sidpatil 5y ago
> For some reason it always seems to map nicely back to whatever the current problem I am focused on is. This is the case with many combinatorics and optimization problems. The specifics of the problems may differ, but the underlying math tends to be very similar.