The circumference of a sphere is measured to be 24 cm, with a possible error of 0.25 cm. Use the differential \(dV\) to estimate the maximum error in the calculated ...

Much scientific research across a range of disciplines tries to find linear approximations of nonlinear behaviors. But what does that mean? Spend some time browsing around the web site of MIT’s ...

“The statistician knows...that in nature there never was a normal distribution, there never was a straight line, yet with normal and linear assumptions, known to be false, he can often derive ...