Conics / Keith Kendig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kendig, Keith, 1938- author.

Series:

Dolciani mathematical expositions no. 29.

Dolciani Mathematical Expositions, v. 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conic sections.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 403 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Mathematical Association of America, c2005.

System Details:

Mode of access : World Wide Web

Contents:

Chapter 1. Beauty and the Beast Chapter 2. Life at Infinity Chapter 3. How to Gift-Wrap a Hyperbola Chapter 4. The Cube Chapter 5. The Other Foci: A Well-Kept Secret Chapter 6. Are Hyperbolas Really Ellipses? Chapter 7. Stakes and Strings Chapter 8. Directrices, New and Old Chapter 9. Conics in General Position Chapter 10. A Beautiful Mathematical Universe Chapter 11. A Most Excellent Theorem Chapter 12. The Big View Chapter 13. Curvature Chapter 14. Curvature of Conics Chapter 15. Photons and Conics Chapter 16. How Conics Solved a 2000-Year-Old Problem Chapter 17. Waves and Conics Appendix 1. Some Conics Formulas Appendix 2. Topology: A Quick Handshake

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-400) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society. 2012

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781470456832 (online)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.