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On Twin Peaks and Flat Functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2025

Adrian Oldknow*
Affiliation:
Chichester Institute of Higher Education, Bognor Regis, PO21 1HR

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A standard application of calculus is to model some quantity which changes and to find the circumstances under which it takes some optimal value. There are a number of stock examples which are often used to show this in the teaching of calculus. This article considers how the extension of one of these can lead into a rich area of exploration.

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Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1995

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