From Here to Infinity : Tracing the Origin and Development of Projective Geometry / / by Andrea Del Centina, Alessandro Gimigliano
| From Here to Infinity : Tracing the Origin and Development of Projective Geometry / / by Andrea Del Centina, Alessandro Gimigliano |
| Autore | Del Centina Andrea |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2025.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (969 pages) |
| Disciplina | 510.9 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GimiglianoAlessandro |
| Collana | Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics
History Geometry, Projective History of Mathematical Sciences Projective Geometry Matemàtica Història Geometria projectiva |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
| ISBN |
9783031725852
9783031725845 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | - 1. The Greek Legacy -- 2. Perspective in the Renaissance -- 3. New ways of looking at conics -- 4. Desargues, the dawn of projective geometry -- 5. Pascal’s geometrical achievements -- 6. An interlude a century and a half long -- 7. Towards a new geometry -- 8. Poncelet, the projective properties of figures -- 9. The algebraic way to projective geometry -- 10. The synthetic route: the contributions of Steiner and Chasles -- 11. Von Staudt’s pure synthetism -- 12. Projective geometry 1870-1930 and beyond. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910984591303321 |
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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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