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Record Nr.

UNINA9910438148903321

Autore

Arnold Vladimir I

Titolo

Real Algebraic Geometry [[electronic resource] /] / by Vladimir I. Arnold ; edited by Ilia Itenberg, Viatcheslav Kharlamov, Eugenii I. Shustin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013

ISBN

3-642-36243-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (100 p.)

Collana

La Matematica per il 3+2, , 2038-5722 ; ; 66

Disciplina

516.35

Soggetti

Algebraic geometry

Physics

Geometry

Mathematical physics

Algebraic Geometry

Mathematical Methods in Physics

Mathematical Applications in the Physical Sciences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Publisher's Foreword -- Editors' Foreword -- Introduction -- 2 Geometry of Conic Sections -- 3 The Physics of Conic Sections and Ellipsoids -- 4 Projective Geometry -- 5 Complex Algebraic Curves -- 6 A Problem for School Pupils -- A Into How Many Parts do n Lines Divide the Plane?- Editors' Comments on Gudkov's Conjecture -- Notes.

Sommario/riassunto

This book is concerned with one of the most fundamental questions of mathematics: the relationship between algebraic formulas and geometric images. At one of the first international mathematical congresses (in Paris in 1900), Hilbert stated a special case of this question in the form of his 16th problem (from his list of 23 problems left over from the nineteenth century as a legacy for the twentieth century). In spite of the simplicity and importance of this problem (including its numerous applications), it remains unsolved to this day (although, as you will now see, many remarkable results have been discovered).