| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 174 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Points and Lines; 2 The Euclidean Plane; 3 Circles; 4 General Conics; 5 Centres of General Conics; 6 Degenerate Conics; 7 Axes and Asymptotes; 8 Focus and Directrix; 9 Tangents and Normals; 10 The Parabola; 11 The Ellipse; 12 The Hyperbola; 13 Pole and Polar; 14 Congruences; 15 Classifying Conics; 16 Distinguishing Conics; 17 Uniqueness and Invariance; Index. |
| Summary |
A genuine introduction to the geometry of lines and conics in the Euclidean plane. Example based and self contained, with numerous illustrations and several hundred worked examples and exercises. Ideal for undergraduate courses in mathematics, or for postgraduates in the engineering and physical sciences. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Geometry.
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Geometry. |
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Mathematics.
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Mathematics. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Einführung.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gibson, Christopher G., 1940- Elementary Euclidean geometry. Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press, 2003 (DLC) 2003055904 |
| ISBN |
0511184913 (electronic book) |
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9780511184918 (electronic book) |
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051118574X (electronic book) |
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9780511185748 (electronic book) |
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9780511755194 (electronic book) |
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0511755198 (electronic book) |
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1280458038 |
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9781280458033 |
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9780511187582 |
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0511186657 |
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9780511186653 |
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9780521834483 |
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