The universe of conics : from the ancient Greeks to 21st century developments /

This text presents the classical theory of conics in a modern form. It includes many novel results that are not easily accessible elsewhere. The approach combines synthetic and analytic methods to derive projective, affine and metrical properties, covering both Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries...

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Main Authors:	Glaeser, Georg (Author), Stachel, Hellmuth (Author), Odehnal, Boris, 1973- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin : Springer Spektrum, [2016]
Subjects:	Conic sections. Conics, Spherical.