By combining the mathematical history of extremes with contemporary examples, Paul J. Nahin answers some intriguing questions such as: what is the best way to photograph a speeding bullet?; and why does light move through glass in the least possible amount of time?
Betr. Jakob und Johann Bernoulli, Leonhard Euler.
"Written in a conversational tone and requiring only an early undergraduate level of mathematical knowledge, When Least Is Best is full of fascinating examples and ready-to-try-at-home experiments. This is the first book on optimization written for a wide audience, and math enth…
"Throughout the history of mathematics, maximum and minimum problems have played an important role in the evolution of the field. Many beautiful and important problems have appeared in a variety of branches of mathematics and physics, as well as in other fields of sciences. The …
In applied and pure sciences, the structural properties of groups are increasingly utilised to find better solutions in statistical sciences. Modern computers make statistical methods with large numbers of variables feasible. Invariance is a mathematical term for symmetry, and m…