| Record ID | marc_ithaca_college/ic_marc.mrc:199729676:1058 |
| Source | Ithaca College Library |
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050 00 $aQA306$b.N34 2004
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100 1 $aNahin, Paul J.
245 10 $aWhen least is best :$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. ;$c24 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aMinimums, 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.
650 0 $aMaxima and minima.
650 0 $aMathematics$xHistory.
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