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A Treatise on Conic Sections
 
George Salmon
A Treatise on Conic Sections
AMS Chelsea Publishing: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-5451-7
Product Code:  CHEL/98.E
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A Treatise on Conic Sections
George Salmon
AMS Chelsea Publishing: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
eBook ISBN:  978-1-4704-5451-7
Product Code:  CHEL/98.E
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  • Book Details
     
     
    AMS Chelsea Publishing
    Volume: 98; 1954; 399 pp
    MSC: Primary 51

    Sixth Edition.
  • Table of Contents
     
     
    • FRONT COVER
    • CONTENTS
    • CHAPTER I
    • THE POINT
    • TRANSFORMATION OF COORDINATES
    • POLAR COORDINATES.
    • CHAPTER II
    • THE RIGHT LINE.
    • CHAPTER III
    • EXAMPLES ON THE RIGHT LINE
    • CHAPTER IV
    • APPLICATION OF ABRIDGED NOTATION TO THE EQUATION OFTHE RIGHT LINE.
    • CHAPTER V
    • EQUATIONS ABOVE THE FIRST DEGREE REPRESENTING RIGHT LINE
    • CHAPTER VI
    • THE CIRCLE
    • CHAPTER VII
    • THEOREMS AND EXAMPLES ON THE CIRCLE
    • CHAPTER VIII
    • PROPERTIES OF A SYSTEM OF TWO OR MORE CIRCLES
    • CHAPTER IX
    • APPLICATION OF ABRIDGED NOTATION TO THE EQUATION OF THE CIRCLE
    • DETERMINANT NOTATION
    • CHAPTER X
    • PROPERTIES COMMON TO ALL CURVES OF THE SECOND DEGREE, DEDUCED FROM THE GENERAL EQUATION
    • CHAPTER XI
    • EQUATIONS OF THE SECOND DEGREE REFERRED TO THE CENTRE AS ORIGIN.
    • THE EQUATION REFERRED TO THE AXES
    • CONJUGATE DIAMETERS
    • THE NORMAL
    • THE FOCI
    • CONFOCAL CONICS
    • THE ASYMPTOTES
    • CHAPTER XII
    • THE PARABOLA REDUCTION OF THE EQUATION
    • FIGURE OF THE CURVE
    • THE TANGENT
    • DIAMETERS
    • THE NORMAL
    • THE FOCUS
    • CHAPTER XIII
    • EXAMPLES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROPERTIES OF CONIC SECTIONS.
    • THE ECCENTRIC ANGLE
    • SIMILAR CONIC SECTIONS
    • THE CONTACT OF CONIC SECTIONS
    • CHAPTER XIV
    • METHODS OF ABRIDGED NOTATION.
    • ENVELOPES
    • GENERAL EQUATION OF THE SECOND DEGREE
    • CHAPTER XV
    • THE PRINCIPLE OF DUALITY; AND THE METHOD OF RECIPROCAL POLARS
    • CHAPTER XVI
    • HARMONIC AND ANHARMONIC PROPERTIES OF CONICS
    • INVOLUTION
    • CHAPTER XVII
    • THE METHOD OF PROJECTION
    • THEORY OF THE SECTIONS OF A CONE
    • CHAPTER XVIII
    • INVARIANTS AND COVARIANTS OF SYSTEMS OF CONICS
    • CHAPTER XIX
    • THE METHOD OF INFINITESIMALS
    • NOTES
    • INDEX
    • BACK COVER
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    • The classic book on the subject, covering the whole ground and full of touches of genius.
      Mathematical Association of America
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AMS Chelsea Publishing
Volume: 98; 1954; 399 pp
MSC: Primary 51

Sixth Edition.
  • FRONT COVER
  • CONTENTS
  • CHAPTER I
  • THE POINT
  • TRANSFORMATION OF COORDINATES
  • POLAR COORDINATES.
  • CHAPTER II
  • THE RIGHT LINE.
  • CHAPTER III
  • EXAMPLES ON THE RIGHT LINE
  • CHAPTER IV
  • APPLICATION OF ABRIDGED NOTATION TO THE EQUATION OFTHE RIGHT LINE.
  • CHAPTER V
  • EQUATIONS ABOVE THE FIRST DEGREE REPRESENTING RIGHT LINE
  • CHAPTER VI
  • THE CIRCLE
  • CHAPTER VII
  • THEOREMS AND EXAMPLES ON THE CIRCLE
  • CHAPTER VIII
  • PROPERTIES OF A SYSTEM OF TWO OR MORE CIRCLES
  • CHAPTER IX
  • APPLICATION OF ABRIDGED NOTATION TO THE EQUATION OF THE CIRCLE
  • DETERMINANT NOTATION
  • CHAPTER X
  • PROPERTIES COMMON TO ALL CURVES OF THE SECOND DEGREE, DEDUCED FROM THE GENERAL EQUATION
  • CHAPTER XI
  • EQUATIONS OF THE SECOND DEGREE REFERRED TO THE CENTRE AS ORIGIN.
  • THE EQUATION REFERRED TO THE AXES
  • CONJUGATE DIAMETERS
  • THE NORMAL
  • THE FOCI
  • CONFOCAL CONICS
  • THE ASYMPTOTES
  • CHAPTER XII
  • THE PARABOLA REDUCTION OF THE EQUATION
  • FIGURE OF THE CURVE
  • THE TANGENT
  • DIAMETERS
  • THE NORMAL
  • THE FOCUS
  • CHAPTER XIII
  • EXAMPLES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROPERTIES OF CONIC SECTIONS.
  • THE ECCENTRIC ANGLE
  • SIMILAR CONIC SECTIONS
  • THE CONTACT OF CONIC SECTIONS
  • CHAPTER XIV
  • METHODS OF ABRIDGED NOTATION.
  • ENVELOPES
  • GENERAL EQUATION OF THE SECOND DEGREE
  • CHAPTER XV
  • THE PRINCIPLE OF DUALITY; AND THE METHOD OF RECIPROCAL POLARS
  • CHAPTER XVI
  • HARMONIC AND ANHARMONIC PROPERTIES OF CONICS
  • INVOLUTION
  • CHAPTER XVII
  • THE METHOD OF PROJECTION
  • THEORY OF THE SECTIONS OF A CONE
  • CHAPTER XVIII
  • INVARIANTS AND COVARIANTS OF SYSTEMS OF CONICS
  • CHAPTER XIX
  • THE METHOD OF INFINITESIMALS
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • BACK COVER

  • The classic book on the subject, covering the whole ground and full of touches of genius.
    Mathematical Association of America
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