TY - BOOK AU - Nahin, Paul J TI - When least is best : how mathematicians discovered many clever ways to make things as small (or as large) as possible SN - 8173715106 CY - Hyderabad KW - Dido's problem KW - Extremal problems -- Length and area KW - Fagnano's problem KW - Mathematics -- History KW - Maxima and minina theory N1 - Includes index ER -