Chapter I. Arithmetic -- 1. The rabbit problem / Leonardo of Pisa -- 2. Elementary arithmetic / Recorde -- 3. Decimal fractions / Stevin -- 4. Logarithms / Napier -- 5. The Pascal triangle / Pascal -- ...
Calculus of variations establishes a framework to determine the extrema of functionals—mappings from functions to real numbers—which has been pivotal in elucidating natural principles such as the ...