(1) THE theory of maxima and minima contains pitfalls into which have fallen such well-known mathematicians as Lagrange, Bertrand, Serret, and Todhunter. A peculiar interest, therefore, is attached to ...

https://doi.org/10.4169/college.math.j.46.1.15 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.4169/college.math.j.46.1.15 Copy URL Almost fifty years before Leibniz and Newton ...

We looked at Maxima in the February 2011 issue to do algebra and rearrange some equations. But those aren't the only tricks up Maxima's sleeve. This month, I describe how Maxima can help with ...