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Jan de Witt's Elementa Curvarum Linearum, Liber Primus: Text, Translation, Introduction, and Commentary by Albert W. Grootendorst
Grootendorst, Albertus W. (Delft University, The Hague, The Netherlands)
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paperback. Series: Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences. Num Pages: 298 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 486.
The present book is a translation into English of Elernenta CU'f'Varurn Linearurn-Liber Prirnus, written in Latin, by the Dutch statesman and mathematician Jan de Witt (1625-1672). Together with its sequel, Ele- rnenta CU'f'Varurn Linearurn-Liber Secundus, it constitutes the first text- book on Analytic Geometry, based on the ideas of Descartes, as laid down in his Geornetrie of 1637. The first edition of de Witt's work appeared in 1659 and this translation is its first translation into English. For more details the reader is referred to the Introduction. Apart from this translation and this introduction, the present work con- tains an ... Read more
The present book is a translation into English of Elernenta CU'f'Varurn Linearurn-Liber Prirnus, written in Latin, by the Dutch statesman and mathematician Jan de Witt (1625-1672). Together with its sequel, Ele- rnenta CU'f'Varurn Linearurn-Liber Secundus, it constitutes the first text- book on Analytic Geometry, based on the ideas of Descartes, as laid down in his Geornetrie of 1637. The first edition of de Witt's work appeared in 1659 and this translation is its first translation into English. For more details the reader is referred to the Introduction. Apart from this translation and this introduction, the present work con- tains an ... Read more
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Paperback
Publication date
2012
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Springer/Sci-Tech/Trade United States
Number of pages
298
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Sources and Studies in the History of Mathematics and Physical Sciences
Number of Pages
298
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New York, NY, United States
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9781461270560
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