History of Analytic Geometry, 9780486438320
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This study presents the concepts and contributions from before the Alexandrian Age through to Fermat and Descartes, and on through Newton and Euler to the “Golden Age,” from 1789 to 1850. 1956 edition. Analytical bibliography. Index.

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    304 pages

  • Release Date

    25 March 2005

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Summary

Specifically designed as an integrated survey of the development of analytic geometry, this classic study takes a unique approach to the history of ideas. The author, a distinguished historian of mathematics, presents a detailed view of not only the concepts themselves, but also the ways in which they extended the work of each generation, from before the Alexandrian Age through the eras of the great French mathematicians Fermat and Descartes, and on through Newton and Euler to the ““Golden Ag…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780486438320
ISBN-10:0486438325
Author:Carl B. Boyer, Ernest Donnelly
Publisher:Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:Dover Publications Inc.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:25 March 2005
Weight:333g
Dimensions:215mm x 137mm x 15mm
Series:Dover Books on Mathema 1.4tics

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