History of Analytic Geometry

by Carl B. Boyer

Designed as an integrated survey of the development of analytic geometry, this study presents the concepts and contributions from before the Alexandrian Age through the eras of the great French mathematicians Fermat and Descartes, and on through Newton and Euler to the "Golden Age," from 1789 to 1850. 1956 edition. Analytical bibliography. Index.

Genres: Mathematics, History

304 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1988