Introduction to Analytical Geometry
First published in 1940, this book was written by the senior mathematical master at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, England. It was designed as a student textbook and the author aimed to give a pre-university level introduction to the use of coordinates and analytical methods in geometry. With only a basic knowledge of elementary calculus and rectangular Cartesian coordinates required, the book offers many exercises suitable for a beginner and detailed introductions to a large variety of methods and ideas.
Product details
July 2009Paperback
9780521116190
424 pages
229 × 152 × 24 mm
0.62kg
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Co-ordinates
- 2. Equations and Loci
- 3. The point and line
- 4. Duality and degeneracy
- 5. The circle
- 6. Parametric equations
- 7. The general algebraic curve
- 8. Abstract geometry
- 9. Conical projection
- 10. Cross-ratio
- 11. Harmonic section
- 12. The general conic
- 13. The parabola
- 14. The ellipse
- 15. The hyperbola
- 16. s = ks
- Exercises
- Answers
- Index.