An introduction to analytical geometry /

Robson, A.

An introduction to analytical geometry / A. Robson - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2009 - xiv, 409 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm . - volume 1 .

Includes index.

Chapter 1. Co-ordinates -- Chapter 2. Equations and Loci -- Chapter 3. The point and line -- Chapter 4. Duality and degeneracy -- Chapter 5. The circle -- Chapter 6. Parametric equations -- Chapter 7. The general algebraic curve -- Chapter 8. Abstract geometry -- Chapter 9. Conical projection -- Chapter 10. Cross-ratio -- Chapter 11. Harmonic section -- Chapter 12. The general conic -- Chapter 13. The parabola -- Chapter 14. The ellipse -- Chapter 15. The hyperbola -- Chapter 16. s = ks .

This book was written by the senior mathematical master at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, England. It was designed as a student textbook and the author aimed to give a pre-university level introduction to the use of coordinates and analytical methods in geometry.

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ANALYTIC GEOMETRY

QA 551 .R63 2009