Jan de Witt's Elementa Curvarum Linearum: Liber Secundus

Following on from the 2000 edition of Jan De Witt's "Elementa Curvarum Linearum, Liber Primus", this book provides the accompanying translation of the second volume of "Elementa Curvarum Linearum (Foundations of Curved Lines)". One of the first books to be pu...

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Autores principales: Grootendorst, Albert W, Aarts, J M, Bakker, Miente, Erne, Reinie
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Springer 2010
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Mathematical Physics and Mathematics
Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-142-4
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1412594
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Sumario:Following on from the 2000 edition of Jan De Witt's "Elementa Curvarum Linearum, Liber Primus", this book provides the accompanying translation of the second volume of "Elementa Curvarum Linearum (Foundations of Curved Lines)". One of the first books to be published on Analytic Geometry, it was originally written in Latin by the Dutch statesman and mathematician Jan de Witt, soon after Descartes' invention of the subject. Born in 1625, Jan de Witt served with distinction as Grand Pensionary of Holland for much of his adult life. In mathematics, he is best known for his work

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