Richard Courant Quote

Starting in the seventeenth century, the general theory of extreme values - maxima and minima - has become one of the systematic integrating principles of science.


What is mathematics?: an elementary approach to ideas and methods (ed. Oxford University Press, USA, 1979)


Starting in the seventeenth century, the general theory of extreme values - maxima and minima - has become one of the systematic integrating...

Starting in the seventeenth century, the general theory of extreme values - maxima and minima - has become one of the systematic integrating...

Starting in the seventeenth century, the general theory of extreme values - maxima and minima - has become one of the systematic integrating...

Starting in the seventeenth century, the general theory of extreme values - maxima and minima - has become one of the systematic integrating...