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008			030711s2004 njua 001 0 eng||
010			_a2003055537
015			_aGBA3-U2213
020			_a0691070784 (cloth : alk. paper)
035			_a(OCoLC
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dYDX _dUKM _dIBS _dSYB
042			_apcc
082	0	0	_a510.9 _bN153w
090			_ahist
100	1		_aNahin, Paul J. _915164
245	1	0	_aWhen least is best: _bhow mathematicians discovered many clever ways to make things as small (or as large) as possible/ _cPaul J. Nahin.
260			_aPrinceton, N.J.: _bPrinceton University Press, _cc2004.
300			_axviii, 370 p.: _bill.; _c25 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0	0	_tMinimums, maximums, derivatives, and computers -- _tThe first extremal problems -- _tMedieval maximization and some modern twists -- _tThe forgotten war of Descartes and Fermat -- _tCalculus steps forward, center stage -- _tBeyond calculus -- _tThe modern age begins.
650	0	0	_aMaxima and minima. _943733
650	0	0	_aMathematics _xHistory. _926817
650	0	6	_aMaximums et minimums. _918587
650	0	6	_aMathématiques _xHistoire. _929603
697			_aHistoria. _923802
856	4	2	_3Publisher description _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin051/2003055537.html
856	4	1	_3Table of contents _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin051/2003055537.html
942			_2impa _cBK
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