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Monday, June 29, 2015

Optimization Contest Problem: Find the maximum of f(x): Second Solution

Find the maximum of $f(x) = \dfrac{x^4-x^2}{x^6+2x^3-1}$ where $x>1$.

In my previous post(optimization-contest-problem), I showed you the way of approaching this particular problem with the most comfortable and familiar method (calculus method) that it would spring first to students' mind, a method that students' from all four corners of the world are inclined to use.