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Nahin, Paul J.
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Maxima and minima.
Mathematics -- History.
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When least is best :...
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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.
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Nahin, Paul J.
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2004.
Subjects
Maxima and minima.
Mathematics -- History.
ISBN:
0691070784 (cloth : alk. paper)
Description:
xviii, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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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