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The Universe of Conics From the ancient Greeks to 21st century developments /

This text presents the classical theory of conics in a modern form. It includes many novel results that are not easily accessible elsewhere. The approach combines synthetic and analytic methods to derive projective, affine and metrical properties, covering both Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Glaeser, Georg (Author), Stachel, Hellmuth (Author), Odehnal, Boris (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer Spektrum, 2016.
Edition:1st ed. 2016.
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Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Euclidean plane
  • 3 Differential Geometry
  • 4 Eucledian 3-space
  • 5 Projective Geometry
  • 6 Projective conics
  • 7 Polarities and pencils
  • 8 Affine Geometry
  • 9 Special problems
  • 10 Other geometries
  • Index.