Differential Equations Problem Consider a general linear equation: dy dx + P (x)y = Q(x) i) Write it in the form M (x, y)dx+N (x, y)dy by taking Q(x) to the LHS and then multiplying the ODE by dx. ii) Use the above form to check when it will be exact. iii) In general, find […]
Explain in 1-2 pages how the situation, the choice of your modern Amos, the people addressed, and the message are analogous to biblical Amos, his situation, audience, and message.
Reflection paper #1: “Amos Applied” a) Imagine that Amos is alive in our time. What situation that you think your Amos would address? Who your Amos would be? Who the audience he/she address? What his/her message would be? b) Explain in 1-2 pages how the situation, the choice of your modern Amos, the people addressed, […]
Run the Greedy Algorithm and compare that to the Social Welfare Maximizing Allocation. Determine the price bidder C will pay under the Greedy Algorithm.
Imagine you are the captain of a cargo ship and different companies want you to transport their cargo. Each piece of cargo has a certain weight and valuation below. Suppose the ship can carry 17 tons of cargo. Item’s valuations are kept private by the companies but item weights are known publically. Item/Bidder Valuation Weight […]
What developments in contemporary global society?
Consider the accounts of working conditions for industrial laborers presented in the assigned texts from Friedrich Engels and Andrew Ure. Whose account do you find more believable, and why? Question 2: The assigned parts of the sociological study Middletown by Robert Lynd and Helen Lynd present a picture of “modern” American society undergoing dramatic transformation […]