When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible Revised edition

Paul Nahin

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When Least Is Best: How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible Revised edition

Shows how life often works at the extremes - with values becoming as small (or as large) as possible - and how mathematicians over the centuries have struggled to calculate these problems of minima and maxima. This is the book on optimization for math enthusiasts of all backgrounds.

400 pages, 99 line illus.

Media	Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released	July 22, 2007
ISBN13	9780691130521
Publishers	Princeton University Press
Pages	392
Dimensions	156 × 233 × 25 mm · 580 g
Language	English