Footnote: A Multivariate Production Function Example

A production function with land, labor and capital all variable is an example of a multivariate function, and some students find multivariate functions tricky to understand. One of the best ways to get the idea is to play around with a computer programmed to compute a multivariate function. So here's a multivariate version of our Javascript example from the main text. Try it out -- change all of the inputs at once, or one at a time, and see how the output changes.

Footnote Program Example

If you're a JavaScripter, take a look at the source for this page and you will see a good example of a "production function," as economists use that term, expressed in JavaScript code.