When Least Is Best

DOI10.1515/9781400841363MaRDI QIDQ4457524zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Paul J. Nahin

Publication date 25 March 2004

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400841363

zbMATH Keywords

history of extremal problems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of calculus of variations and optimal control (49-03) Popularization of mathematics (00A09)

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