â¢ The greatest integer (or floor) function and its graph, seen in calculus and computer science, exhibit similar features. â¢ We will take a peek into calculus and preview the related topics of one-and two-sided limits and continuity. Piecewise-defined functions appear frequently in these sections of a calculus course.
On June 29, 1956, President Dwight Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. The bill created a 41,000-mile âNational System of Interstate and Defense Highwaysâ that would, according to Eisenhower, eliminate unsafe roads, inefficient routes, traffic jams and all of the other things that got in the way of âspeedy, safe transcontinental travel.â At the same time, highway advocates argued, âin case of atomic attack on our key ...
Memorandum, Phillip Hughes to President Eisenhower regarding the highway act, September 17, 1959 [White House Office: Record Officer Reports to President on Pending Legislation, Box 159, Appr. 9/21/1959 to amend the Federal Aid Highway Acts of 1956 and 1958 . . .; NAID #16857636]