TY - BOOK AU - NAHIN TI - When Least Is Best U1 - 510.072 PY - 2005/// CY - India PB - universities press N2 - 1 Minimums, Maximums, Derivatives, and Computers 2 The First Extremal Problems 3 Medieval maximization and some modern twists 4 The Forgotten war of Descartes and fermat 5 Calculus steps forward center stage 6 Beyond Calculus 7 The Modern age Begins ER -