| Dewey Class |
510.9 |
| Title |
Jan de Witt's Elementa Curvarum Linearum ([Ebook]) : Liber Secundus / edited by Albert W. Grootendorst, Jan Aarts, Miente Bakker, Reinie Erné. |
| Author |
Grootendorst, Albert W. , 1924-2004 |
| Added Personal Name |
Aarts, Jan |
| Bakker, Miente |
| Erné, Reinie |
| Other name(s) |
SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Publication |
London : Springer London , 2010. |
| Physical Details |
XII, 320 pages : online resource. |
| Series |
Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences |
| ISBN |
9780857291424 |
| Summary Note |
- 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 in actuarial mathematics as well as extensive contributions to analytic geometry. - Elementa Curvarum Linearum, Liber Secondus moves forward from the construction of the familiar conic sections covered in the Liber Primus, with a discussion of problems connected with their classification; given an equation, it covers how one can recover the standard form, and additionally how one can find the equation's geometric properties. - This volume, begun by Albert Grootendorst (1924-2004) and completed after his death by Jan Aarts, Reinie Erné and Miente Bakker, is supplemented by: - annotation explaining finer points of the translation; - extensive commentary on the mathematics These features make the work of Jan de Witt broadly accessible to today's mathematicians.: |
| Contents note |
Preliminary pages -- Introduction -- Summary -- Latin text and translation -- Annotations -- Appendix. |
| System details note |
Online access to this digital book is restricted to subscription institutions through IP address (only for SISSA internal users). |
| Internet Site |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-142-4 |
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