Quartic Surfaces with Singular Points

by C. M. Jessop

Overview

Originally published in 1916, this book was written to provide readers with a concise account of the leading properties of quartic surfaces possessing nodes or nodal curves. A brief summary of the leading results discussed in the book is included in the form of an introduction. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in quartic surfaces, algebraic geometry and the history of mathematics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781316601815
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	02/25/2016
Pages:	236
Product dimensions:	5.47(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.59(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. Quartic surfaces with isolated singular points; 2. Desmic surfaces; 3. Quartic surfaces with a double conic; 4. Quartic surfaces with a nodal conic and additional nodes; 5. The cyclide; 6. Surfaces with a double line: Plücker's surface; 7. Quartic surfaces with an infinite number of conics: Steiner's surface: the quartic monoid; 8. The general theory of rational quartic surfaces; 9. Determinant surfaces; Index of subjects; Index of authors.