So that this could help for understanding theorems and mathematical treatment.
In most of the books and articles, it is assumed that user has prior knowledge, and while reading the book or article the dificulty is felt. Sometimes, these thoerems and proofs are skipped while reading.
A favourite - in its 3rd edition - is Nonlinear Programming: Theory and Algorithms by Bazaraa, Sherali, and Shetty, published by Wiley. It's very clear, and while not being up-to-date on the newest and most efficient methods it provides very good basic material for developing methods, because it is quite thorough in explaining what can go wrong if you do not comply with the "rules", that is, what goes wrong if theory does not support your method. A - to you - natural-looking method may get stuck at the initial point, simply you have not understood the basics of what it means to be optimal, or rather, what non-optimality means. I repeat - it is very good.
Hi Mukundraj
This book is old but well worth knowing about
Karl Menninger’s Number Words and Number Symbols: A Cultural History of Numbers, 1958 (MIT Press 1977)
Cheers
Jeremy |-)
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