Collineations and Conic Sections [[electronic resource] ] : An Introduction to Projective Geometry in its History / / by Christopher Baltus
| Collineations and Conic Sections [[electronic resource] ] : An Introduction to Projective Geometry in its History / / by Christopher Baltus |
| Autore | Baltus Christopher |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 187 p.) |
| Disciplina | 516.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Projective geometry
Mathematics History Projective Geometry History of Mathematical Sciences |
| ISBN | 3-030-46287-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Central Collineations -- 3. The Geometry of Euclid's Elements -- 4. Conics in Greek Geometry -- 5. Conic Sections in Early Modern Europe -- 6. Conic Sections in Early Modern Europe -- 7. Central Collineations -- 8. Nineteenth Century -- 9. Foci -- 10. Steiner. 11. Desargues and Involution -- 12. Looking Ahead -- 13. Matrices and Homogeneous Coordinates -- 14. Some Applications of Conics in History -- 15. Vertical Stretch and Isaac Newton's Conics -- 16. Three Appendices -- Bibliography. |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996418254403316 |
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Collineations and Conic Sections : An Introduction to Projective Geometry in its History / / by Christopher Baltus
| Collineations and Conic Sections : An Introduction to Projective Geometry in its History / / by Christopher Baltus |
| Autore | Baltus Christopher |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2020.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XI, 187 p.) |
| Disciplina | 516.5 |
| Soggetto topico |
Geometry, Projective
Mathematics History Projective Geometry History of Mathematical Sciences |
| ISBN | 3-030-46287-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Central Collineations -- 3. The Geometry of Euclid's Elements -- 4. Conics in Greek Geometry -- 5. Conic Sections in Early Modern Europe -- 6. Conic Sections in Early Modern Europe -- 7. Central Collineations -- 8. Nineteenth Century -- 9. Foci -- 10. Steiner. 11. Desargues and Involution -- 12. Looking Ahead -- 13. Matrices and Homogeneous Coordinates -- 14. Some Applications of Conics in History -- 15. Vertical Stretch and Isaac Newton's Conics -- 16. Three Appendices -- Bibliography. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910484217103321 |
Baltus Christopher
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| Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Geometry by Its Transformations : Lessons Centered on the History from 1800-1855 / / by Christopher Baltus
| Geometry by Its Transformations : Lessons Centered on the History from 1800-1855 / / by Christopher Baltus |
| Autore | Baltus Christopher |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2025.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| Disciplina | 510.9 |
| Collana | Compact Textbooks in Mathematics |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Geometry, Projective Social sciences Geometry History of Mathematical Sciences Projective Geometry Mathematics in the Humanities and Social Sciences Matemàtica Història Geometria projectiva Ciències socials |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN |
9783031722813
3031722817 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- 1. Greek Background -- 2. The Dilation Transformation -- 3. Institutional Transformation of Geometry: France -- 4. Affinity and the List of Transformations by Moebius -- 5. Background for Homology: the Common Secant, the Cross-Ratio, and Harmonic Sets -- 6. Plane-to-Plane Projection -- 7. Homology as developed by La Hire and Poncelet -- 8. Matrices and Homogeneous Coordinates -- 9. Projective Geometry: Steiner and von Staudt -- 10. Transformation in German Universities -- 11. Geometric Inversion -- 12. Moebius Transformation -- 13. Topic after 1855: Beltrami-Klein Model -- 14. Topic after 1855: Isometries and Dilations in French Schoolbooks. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910983071003321 |
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| Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2025 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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