More than a study of shapes and angles, geometry reflects an amalgamation of discoveries over time. This book not only provides readers with a comprehensive understanding of geometric shapes, axioms, and formulas, it presents the fieldas brilliant mindsafrom Euclid to Wendelin Werner and many in betweenawhose works reflect a progression of mathematical thought throughout the centuries and have helped produce the various branches of geometry as they are known today. Detailed diagrams illustrate various concepts and help make geometry accessible to all.PROJECTIVE CONIC SECTIONS Conic sections can be regarded as plane sections of a right circular cone. By regarding a plane perpendicular to the conea#39;s axis as the reality plane (RP), a acuttinga plane as the picture plane (PP), and the conea#39;s apex as the ... Start by selecting six points on a conic section and project 84 + THE BRITANNICA GUIDE To GEOMETRY * PROJECTIVE CONIC SECTIONS.
Title | : | The Britannica Guide to Geometry |
Author | : | Britannica Educational Publishing |
Publisher | : | Britannica Educational Publishing - 2010-04-01 |
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