A Treatise on Algebraic Plane Curves

A Treatise on Algebraic Plane Curves
Author: Julian Lowell Coolidge
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 554
Release: 2004-01-01
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780486495767

A thorough introduction to the theory of algebraic plane curves and their relations to various fields of geometry and analysis. Almost entirely confined to the properties of the general curve, and chiefly employs algebraic procedure. Geometric methods are much employed, however, especially those involving the projective geometry of hyperspace. 1931 edition. 17 illustrations.

A Discourse Concerning Algebra

A Discourse Concerning Algebra
Author: Jacqueline A. Stedall
Publisher: Mathematics
Total Pages: 314
Release: 2002
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780198524953

A Discourse Concerning Algebra, provides a new and readable account of the rise of algebra in England from the Medieval period to the later years of the 17th Century.Stedall's book follows the reception and dissemination of important algebraic ideas and methods from continental Europe and the consequent revolution in the state of English mathematics in the 17th century.