Jan de Witt’s Elementa Curvarum Linearum, Liber Primus: Text, Translation, Introduction, and Commentary by Albert W. Grootendorst (Sources and Studies ... History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences) - Hardcover

Grootendorst, Albertus W.

 
9780387987484: Jan de Witt’s Elementa Curvarum Linearum, Liber Primus: Text, Translation, Introduction, and Commentary by Albert W. Grootendorst (Sources and Studies ... History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences)
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ISBN 10: 0387987487 ISBN 13: 9780387987484
Publisher: Springer, 2000

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This book is an English translation of the first textbook on Analytic Geometry, written in Latin by the Dutch statesman and mathematician Jan de Witt soon after Descartes invented the subject. De Witt (1625-1672) is best known for his work in actuarial mathematics ("Calculation of the Values of Annuities as Proportions of the Rents") and for his contributions to analytic geometry, including the focus-directrix definition of conics and the use of the discriminant to distinguish among them. In addition to the translation and annotations, this volume contains an introduction and commentary, including a discussion of the role of conics in Greek mathematics.

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Publisher
Springer
Publication date
2000
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0387987487
ISBN 13 
9780387987484
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
309

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