Maxima and minima without calculus / by Ivan Niven.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niven, Ivan, 1915-1999, author.

Series:

Dolciani Mathematical Expositions, v. 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Maxima and minima.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 303 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, c1981.

System Details:

Mode of access : World Wide Web

Contents:

CHAPTER ONE. BACKGROUND MATERIAL CHAPTER TWO. SIMPLE ALGEBRAIC RESULTS CHAPTER THREE. ELEMENTARY GEOMETRIC QUESTIONS CHAPTER FOUR. ISOPERIMETRIC RESULTS CHAPTER FIVE. BASIC TRIGONOMETRIC INEQUALITIES CHAPTER SIX. POLYGONS INSCRIBED AND CIRCUMSCRIBED CHAPTER SEVEN. ELLIPSES CHAPTER EIGHT. THE BEES AND THEIR HEXAGONS CHAPTER NINE. FURTHER GEOMETRIC RESULTS CHAPTER TEN. APPLIED AND MISCELLANEOUS PROBLEMS CHAPTER ELEVEN. EUCLIDEAN THREE-SPACE CHAPTER TWELVE. ISOPERIMETRIC RESULTS NOT ASSUMING EXISTENCE

Notes:

Bibliography: pages 293-298.

Includes index.

Electronic reproduction. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society. 2012

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Niven, Ivan Morton, 1915- Maxima and minima without calculus /

ISBN:

9781470448752 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.