Thread: Minimizing Eaug- where did the 2 go?
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Old 05-12-2012, 04:08 AM
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Default Re: Minimizing Eaug- where did the 2 go?
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Originally Posted by ladybird2012 View Post
Hi,
I think I'm missing something really trivial. In slide 11 of lecture 12, I don't see where the 2 went in differentiating lambda*(w^2). In other words, I feel setting Eaug =>0 should result in a 2*lambda*w term...What am I missing?

Thanks.
Both terms have a 2 as a result of the differentiation, and the 2 goes away when we equate with zero.
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