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This book, first published in 2004, is 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.

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'This is a nice and self-contained introduction into the geometry of the lines and the conics in the Euclidean plane within an analytical context'. Zentralblatt MATH

Table of Contents

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.

Elementary Euclidean Geometry

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      Book details

      Publisher Cambridge University Press
      Published 25 March 2004
      ISBN-13 9780521834483
      978-0521834483
      ISBN-10 0521834481
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      Analytic geometry

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book, first published in 2004, is 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.

      Trade Review

      'This is a nice and self-contained introduction into the geometry of the lines and the conics in the Euclidean plane within an analytical context'. Zentralblatt MATH

      Table of Contents

      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.

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