Originally published in 1916, this book was written to provide readers with a concise account of the leading properties of quartic surfaces possessing nodes or nodal curves. A brief summary of the leading results discussed in the book is included in the form of an introduction. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in quartic surfaces, algebraic geometry and the history of mathematics.
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Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Produkt-Hinweis
Maße
Höhe: 216 mm
Breite: 140 mm
Dicke: 14 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-316-60181-5 (9781316601815)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Preface; Introduction; 1. Quartic surfaces with isolated singular points; 2. Desmic surfaces; 3. Quartic surfaces with a double conic; 4. Quartic surfaces with a nodal conic and additional nodes; 5. The cyclide; 6. Surfaces with a double line: Pluecker's surface; 7. Quartic surfaces with an infinite number of conics: Steiner's surface: the quartic monoid; 8. The general theory of rational quartic surfaces; 9. Determinant surfaces; Index of subjects; Index of authors.
