analytic geometry: References & Edit History
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Assorted References
- major reference
- algebra
- graphing of functions
- history of mathematics
- major branches of geometry
contribution by
- Descartes
- Euler
- Fermat
- Oresme
Additional Reading
Carl B. Boyer, History of Analytic Geometry (1956, reissued 1988), traces the early development of analytic geometry. Julian Lowell Coolidge, A History of Geometrical Methods (1940, reissued 1963), provides proofs of important results in the history of analytic geometry. Gordon Fuller and Dalton Tarwater, Analytic Geometry, 7th ed. (1992, reissued 1994), is a classic introduction to the subject. Robert Bix, Conics and Cubics: A Concrete Introduction to Algebraic Curves (1998), provides a transition from analytic to algebraic geometry.
Article Contributors
Primary Contributors
- Robert Alan Bix
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Harry Joseph D'Souza
Professor of mathematics at the University of Michigan, Flint, Michigan.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: Khan Academy - Analytic Geometry. | Jun 06, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Increasing Insightful Thinking in Analytic Geometry. | Jun 06, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Science - Analytic Geometry. | Sep 16, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: ThinkQuest - Analytic Geometry. | Sep 16, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wolfram MathWorld - Analytic Geometry. | Sep 16, 2011 | ||
| Article revised. | May 12, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 10, 2005 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Sep 30, 1998 |
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