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 ...
He kept his focus on the modification to the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944âs funding issue. Congress passed his revision as the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, with the biggest adjustment to the funding. It settled the issue of who should pay and how to have a self-supporting system. Eisenhower created the Highway Trust Fund, a foundation to secure the use of the funds solely on the highway construction.