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When least is best: how mathematicians discovered many clever ways to make things as small (or as large) as possible/ Paul J. Nahin.
Publication details: Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, c2004.Description: xviii, 370 p.: ill.; 25 cmISBN:- 0691070784 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 510.9 N153w
Contents:
Minimums, maximums, derivatives, and computers -- The first extremal problems -- Medieval maximization and some modern twists -- The forgotten war of Descartes and Fermat -- Calculus steps forward, center stage -- Beyond calculus -- The modern age begins.
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Includes index.
Minimums, maximums, derivatives, and computers -- The first extremal problems -- Medieval maximization and some modern twists -- The forgotten war of Descartes and Fermat -- Calculus steps forward, center stage -- Beyond calculus -- The modern age begins.
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