The best of all possible worlds. Mathematics and destinity
The best of all possible worlds. Mathematics and destinity
Editorial: Chicago
EAN: 9780226199948
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Tracing the profound impact of optimization and the unexpected ways in which it has influenced the study of mathematics, biology, economics, and even politics, Ekeland reveals throughout how the idea of optimization has driven some of our greatest intellectual breakthroughs. The result is a dazzling display of erudition—one that will be essential reading for popular-science buffs and historians of science alike.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction1. Keeping the Beat2. The Birth of Modern Science3. The Least Action Principle4. From Computations to Geometry5. Poincaré and Beyond6. Pandora´s Box7. May the Best One Win8. The End of Nature9. The Common Good10. A Personal ConclusionAppendix 1. Finding the Second Diameter of a Convex TableAppendix 2. The Stationary Action Principle for General Systems
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction1. Keeping the Beat2. The Birth of Modern Science3. The Least Action Principle4. From Computations to Geometry5. Poincaré and Beyond6. Pandora´s Box7. May the Best One Win8. The End of Nature9. The Common Good10. A Personal ConclusionAppendix 1. Finding the Second Diameter of a Convex TableAppendix 2. The Stationary Action Principle for General Systems
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