Principles of Geometry: Volume 3 - Brossura

Baker, H. F.

 
9781108017794: Principles of Geometry: Volume 3

Sinossi

A benchmark study of projective geometry and the birational theory of surfaces, first published between 1922 and 1925.

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Descrizione del libro

Henry Frederick Baker (1866–1956) was a renowned British mathematician specialising in algebraic geometry. First published between 1922 and 1925, this six-volume work provides a detailed insight into the geometry which was developing at the time of publication. Volume 3 describes the principal configurations of space of three dimensions.

Contenuti

Preface; 1. Introduction to the theory of quadric surfaces; 2. Relations with a fixed conic. Spheres, confocal surfaces: quadrics through the intersection of two general quadrics; 3. Cubic curves in space. The intersection of two or more quadrics; 4. The general cubic surface: introductory theorems; Corrections for volumes 1 and 2; Index.

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