Monotonicity rules in calculus

American Mathematical Monthly

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 805-815

  Anderson, Glen ^a   Vamanamurthy, Mavina ^b   Vuorinen, Matti ^c,d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d Department of Mathematics ^*  (Finland)

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EID: 33751009623     PISSN: 00029890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/27642062     Document Type: Article

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