Plane curves

Marcel Berger ()
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Marcel Berger: IHÉS, Bures-sur-Yvette, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques

Chapter Chapter V in Geometry Revealed, 2010, pp 249-340 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Here are three examples of “facts” – but rather more of “results”, of “theorems” – that illustrate the difference between the mathematician and the “person in the street”. They are excellent for explaining the nature of mathematics to a non-professional.

Keywords: Plane Curve; Double Point; Isoperimetric Inequality; Algebraic Curve; Algebraic Curf (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-70997-8_5

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