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A historical approach to maximum and minimum problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2016

Peter Ransom
Peter Ransom*
Affiliation:
Prudhoe County High School, Moor Road, Prudhoe, Northumberland, NE42 5LJ
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During the first few weeks of the A Level course (SMP Mathematics) in September my pupils at Prudhoe County High School (a 13-18 mixed Comprehensive in Northumberland) are faced with the problems of finding a minimum value without having met any calculus. This stems from the first chapter of Revised Advanced Mathematics Book 1 (New Edition) [1], which provides an excellent opportunity for some practical mathematics with a historical approach.

Type
Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 76 , Issue 475 , March 1992 , pp. 85 - 89
Copyright
Copyright © The Mathematical Association 1992

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References

1. SMP Revised Advanced Mathematics Book 1 New Edition (C.U.P.)Google Scholar
2. The History of Mathematics: A Reader, Fauvel, J. and Gray, J. (eds.) (Macmillan).Google Scholar
3. History in the Mathematics classroom: The IREM Papers, vol. 1, Fauvel, J. (ed.) (Mathematical Association 1990).Google Scholar