Consider the function $$f\left( x \right) = 2{x^3} - 3{x^2}\,\,$$ in the domain $$\,\left[ { - 1,2} \right].$$ The global minimum of $$f(x)$$ is _________.

Consider a Poisson distribution for the tossing of a biased coin. The mean for this distribution is $$\mu $$.

The standard deviation for this distribution is given by

If $$y = f(x)$$ satiesfies the boundary value problem $$\,\,y''\,\,\, + \,\,\,9y\,\,\, = \,\,\,0,\,\,\,y\left( 0 \right)\,\,\, = \,\,\,0,\,$$ $$\,\,y\left( {{\pi \over 2}} \right) = \sqrt 2 ,\,\,\,$$ then $$\,\,y\left( {{\pi \over 4}} \right)\,\,$$ is _______.

Solve the equation $$x = 10\,\cos \,\left( x \right)$$ using the Newton-Raphson method. The initial guess is $$x = {\pi \over 4}.$$ The value of the predicted root after the first iteration, up to second decimal, is _____________.