Stories About Maxima and Minima (Mathematical World/Volume 1)
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (926 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0821801651 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 187 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Many beautiful and important problems have appeared in a variety of branches of mathematics and physics, as well as in other fields of sciences. Throughout the book, the author strives to show how the analysis of diverse facts gives rise to a general idea, how this idea is transformed, how it is enriched by new content, and how it remains the same in spite of these changes.. While the content of this method has varied constantly, its basic conception has endured for over two centuries. In Part One, the author familiarizes readers with many concrete problems that lead to discussion of the work of some of the greatest mathematicians of all time. Part Two introduces a method for solving maximum and minimum problems that originated with Lagrange. This
Clear exposition and great motivating stories. This is a very nice introduction to maxima and minima. The first part talks about the history of extremal problems (finding max or min) in different fields. For instance, Heron's problem in geometry, Snel's problem in refraction of light, Newton in aerodynamics(control). In these areas, it describes how various people attempted to solve these problems using geometry, trigonometry, algebra, etc. Working with him through these problems is a great highs
Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: Russian