The Twenty-Seven Lines upon the Cubic Surface
The Twenty-Seven Lines upon the Cubic Surface
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Originally published in 1911 as number thirteen in the Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics series, this book presents a general survey of the problem of the 27 lines upon the cubic surface. Illustrative figures and a bibliography are also included. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in cubic surfaces and the history of mathematics.
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9781107493513
114 pages
216 × 140 × 6 mm
0.15kg
Table of Contents
- Historical summary
- Introduction
- 1. Preliminary theorems
- 2. The double six configuration. Auxiliary theorems
- 3. The trihedral pair configuration
- 4. Analytical investigation of the twenty-seven lines and forty-five triple tangent planes for the general equation of the cubric surface
- 5. The construction of a model of a double six
- 6. The construction of the configurations of the straight lines upon the twenty-one types of the cubric surface
- 7. On some configurations associated with the configurations of the lines upon the cubric surface
- Bibliography.
