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When Least Is Best
How Mathematicians Discovered Many Clever Ways to Make Things as Small (or as Large) as Possible
Taschenbuch von Paul Nahin
Sprache: Englisch

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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.
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.
Über den Autor
Paul J. Nahin
With a new preface by the author
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Mathematik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780691218762
ISBN-10: 0691218765
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Nahin, Paul
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 211 x 140 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Nahin
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.05.2021
Gewicht: 0,363 kg
Artikel-ID: 119187003
Über den Autor
Paul J. Nahin
With a new preface by the author
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Mathematik
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
ISBN-13: 9780691218762
ISBN-10: 0691218765
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Nahin, Paul
Hersteller: Princeton University Press
Maße: 211 x 140 x 30 mm
Von/Mit: Paul Nahin
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.05.2021
Gewicht: 0,363 kg
Artikel-ID: 119187003
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