EAN: 9780691218762

9780691218762 - When Least Is Best - How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible - Paul J Nahin Kartoniert (TB)
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Paul Nahin shows how life often works at the extremes?with values becoming as small (or as large) as possible?and he considers how mathematicians over the centuries including Descartes Fermat and Kepler have grappled with these problems of minima and maxima. Throughout Nahin examines entertaining conundrums such as how to build the shortest bridge possible between two towns how to vary speed during a race and how to make the perfect basketball shot. Moving from medieval writings and modern calculus to the field of optimization the engaging and witty explorations of When Least Is Best will delight math enthusiasts everywhere.
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