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9780387987484

Jan De Witt's Elementa Curvarumlinearum, Liber Primus

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  • ISBN13:

    9780387987484

  • ISBN10:

    0387987487

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2000-06-01
  • Publisher: Springer Verlag

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Summary

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.

Table of Contents

Preface vii
Introduction
1(14)
Summary
15(22)
Latin text and translation
37(180)
Annotations to the translation
217(68)
Appendices
A Application of areas
263(12)
B The conic sections in Apollonius
275(10)
References 285(4)
Index 289

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