Principles of Geometry

by H. F. Baker

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108017770
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	10/31/2010
Series:	Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics
Pages:	202
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Preliminary; 1. General properties of conics; 2. Properties relative to two points of reference; 3. The equation of a line, and of a conic; 4. Restriction of the algebraic symbols. The distinction of real and imaginary elements; 5. Properties relative to an absolute conic. The notion of distance. Non-Euclidean geometry; Notes; Index.