Maths — Pure 1

Queen Dido's problem

Bigger pictureDevelopingbeyond the specification map

Beyond the specification map. Queen Dido bigger-picture excerpt — calculus-of-variations history (excerpt/title-only capture). It is kept in the library for extra maths practice, not as specification-point coverage.

Queen Dido's problem

Excerpt: We describe a historical problem whose answer seems obvious but which led to the development of the calculus of variations.