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Old November 12th, 2008, 05:56 AM
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Default Problem 50
An easy one:

Let x_i=2^i,\ i=1,.., 16

Find the minimum of the function:

f(x)=\sum_{i=1}^{16} |x-x_i|

(I had thought I had already posted this, did it disapear for a reason or am I just misremembering events )

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