Livres VI et VII. Commentaire historique et mathématique, édition et traduction du texte arabe [French]

by Roshdi Rashed

Book VI of the Konika is essentially devoted to the question of the identity and similarity of two conic sections, or two parts of conic sections. In Book VII Apollonius deals with the various relationships between the lengths of diameters and conjugate diameters. The results are applied to the exposition of a number of problems, as well as to some problems which Apollonius indicates will be demonstrated and solved in Book VIII, which was lost...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: French
• ISBN: 3110199408
• ISBN13: 9783110199406
• Release Date: September 2009
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 583 Pages
• Weight: 2.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.7" x 9.6"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary