Stories About Maxima and Minima

by Vladimir M. Tikhomirov

The inaugural volume in the new Mathematical world series. Tikhomirov presents the history, ideas, methods, and mathematicians associated with maximum and minimum problems, and introduces a general method for their solution that originated with Lagrange. Primarily for high school and college students and teachers. Translated from the Russian. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Genres: Mathematics

187 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1991