When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things Small or As Large As Possible: How Mathematicians Discovered Many ... Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible - Rilegato

Nahin, Paul J.

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ISBN 10: 0691070784 ISBN 13: 9780691070780

Casa editrice: Princeton Univ Pr, 2003

Riassunto

Looks at optimization through the history of mathematics and contemporary examples.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Paul J. Nahin is Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering at the University of New Hampshire. He is the author of many books, including the bestselling An Imaginary Tale: The Story of the Square Root of Minus One, Duelling Idiots and Other Probability Puzzlers, and Dr. Euler's Fabulous Formula: Cures Many Mathematical Ills (all Princeton).

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"This is a delightful account of how the concepts of maxima, minima, and differentiation evolved with time. The level of mathematical sophistication is neither abstract nor superficial and it should appeal to a wide audience."--Ali H. Sayed, University of California, Los Angeles

"When Least Is Best is an illustrative historical walk through optimization problems as solved by mathematicians and scientists. Although many of us associate solving optimization with calculus, Paul J. Nahin shows here that many key problems were posed and solved long before calculus was developed."--Mary Ann B. Freeman, Math Team Development Manager, Mathworks

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"This is a delightful account of how the concepts of maxima, minima, and differentiation evolved with time. The level of mathematical sophistication is neither abstract nor superficial and it should appeal to a wide audience."--Ali H. Sayed, University of California, Los Angeles

"When Least Is Best is an illustrative historical walk through optimization problems as solved by mathematicians and scientists. Although many of us associate solving optimization with calculus, Paul J. Nahin shows here that many key problems were posed and solved long before calculus was developed."--Mary Ann B. Freeman, Math Team Development Manager, Mathworks

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Princeton Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0691070784
• ISBN 13: 9780691070780
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 328
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile