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2.1 due September 26

I don't understand why we care that the log of the gamma function is twice differentiable and convex. I can see why we would care about those things about the gamma function, but I'm not sure why we care about the log.

I think it is cool that we can find ways to take discrete functions and extend them to the real line (or the complex plane.) So much of life is extending our experiences to broader applications, that I enjoy seeing it in math.

For assignments without coding sections, I will usually spend an hour or two on the assignment. If there is a coding problem, it will probably add at least an extra hour (often more) to the assignment. (But you probably shouldn't use me as a benchmark.)

The repetition (reading, lecture, homework, lab) is helpful. I'm not sure what I would change.


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