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MathWarrior
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I feel like I have gone pretty far in math now, but I keep finding myself asking the same question.
Say I had a series of data points from like a randomly collected survey or stock stock price graph over time etc.
Is there a way to take this seemingly random and scattered data and turn it into a mathematical function which I can then use calculus on to find things like optimal points of selling stock, maximum price a customer might pay based on survey data etc? What is this process called?
I was thinking perhaps you could use sigma notation which directly correlates with the data set or something but I am not positive this would be the correct way?
Say I had a series of data points from like a randomly collected survey or stock stock price graph over time etc.
Is there a way to take this seemingly random and scattered data and turn it into a mathematical function which I can then use calculus on to find things like optimal points of selling stock, maximum price a customer might pay based on survey data etc? What is this process called?
I was thinking perhaps you could use sigma notation which directly correlates with the data set or something but I am not positive this would be the correct way?