Complex Conics and Their Real Representation (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Benjamin Ernest Mitchell

9780331176780: Complex Conics and Their Real Representation (Classic Reprint)

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ISBN 10: 0331176785 ISBN 13: 9780331176780

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Explore how imaginary elements become tangible parts of geometry and learn how complex conics are represented in real terms.

In Complex Conics and Their Real Representation, Benjamin Ernest Mitchell surveys the historical development that links analysis and geometry. The book explains how imaginary quantities can be visualized and used to model real geometric figures, using ideas traced from Gauss, Cauchy, Poncelet, Chasles, and Von Staudt. It introduces the Laguerre–Study method as a powerful way to represent complex points with real picture planes, and it develops the concept of a real representation of complex points as pairs of real points. The text then builds toward canonical forms for complex circles and conics, and it shows how transformations and pencils of lines connect complex and real geometry.

Laguerre–Study representation and the idea of picture planes for complex points
How complex lines and circles relate to real geometric figures through transformations
The move from general equations to canonical forms for complex conics
Historical context showing the bridge between analysis and geometry

Ideal for readers of advanced geometry and the history of mathematics who want a rigorous, accessible look at how imaginary elements can be given real geometric form.

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