The Birth of Analytic Geometry

Francis Borceux
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Francis Borceux: Université catholique de Louvain

Chapter Chapter 1 in An Algebraic Approach to Geometry, 2014, pp 1-50 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract During the 17th century, Fermat and Descartes start using coordinates and equations to solve and investigate geometrical problems. This is the origin of analytical geometry. We illustrate this new approach of geometry by the study conics and quadrics in the two- and three-dimensional real spaces.

Keywords: Cross Product; Differential Calculus; Analytic Geometry; French Mathematician; Hyperbolic Paraboloid (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-01733-4_1

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