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 ...
The PARC report and the Appalachian governors placed top priority on a modern highway system as the key to economic development. As a result, Congress authorized the construction of the Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) in the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965.he ADHS was designed to generate economic development in previously isolated areas, supplement the interstate system, connect Appalachia to the interstate system, and provide access to areas within the Region as well as to markets in the rest of the nation. The ADHS is currently authorized at 3,090 miles.