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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.
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Baltus Christopher  
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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  
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2020
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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
Baltus Christopher  
Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2025
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