The Universe of Conics: From the Ancient Greeks to 21st Century Developments

by Boris Odehnal, Georg Glaeser, Hellmuth Stachel

Book Overview

This text presents the classical theory of conics in a modern form. It includes many novel results that are not easily accessible elsewhere. The approach combines synthetic and analytic methods to derive projective, affine and metrical properties, covering both Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries.

With more than two thousand years of history, conic sections play a fundamental role in numerous fields of mathematics and physics, with applications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3662568810
• ISBN13: 9783662568811
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Springer Spektrum
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"