Mathematicians Explain Sports: Marathon
The marathon: given ∫₀ᵀ v(t) dt = 26.2 miles, minimize T.
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Marathon: "Let ∫₀ᵀ v(t) dt = 26.2 miles. Then minimize T." "Ugh. Sounds exhausting." "Yeah, I hate underconstrained optimization questions."