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Tortoise and L-Infinity Norm

April 10, 2018

The hare argues it should win for reaching the top speed; the tortoise replies that a race isn't decided by the L-infinity norm of velocity.

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Transcript

Hare: "Shouldn't the winner be whoever attained the maximum speed?"

Tortoise: "This is a race, not an L∞ norm over derivatives."

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Advanced Math › Real AnalysisCalculus › DerivativesNumber & Arithmetic › Rates
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