Mathematics of the 19th Century
Subtitle: Function Theory According to Chebyshev, Ordinary Differential Equations, Calculus of Variations, Theory of Finite Dif
Publisher: Birkhauser
Published: January 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 353
ISBN-13: 9780817658458
Subjects: Calculus; Mathematics
First sentence: The following judgment of Chebyshev, from his paper "The drawing of geographical maps" ([B11], Vol. 5, pp. 150-157; Oeuvres, Vol. 1, pp. 239-247), is well-known: The majority of practical problems lead to maximum and minimum problems that are completely new to science, and only by solving those problems can we satisfy the requirements of practice, which always and everywhere seeks the best and most advantageous.