Principles of Geometry: Volume 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics)

Baker, H. F.

ISBN 10: 1108017770 / ISBN 13: 9781108017770

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Principles of Geometry: Volume 1 (Cambridge Library Collection - Mathematics)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108017770
• ISBN 13: 9781108017770
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 9 ounces
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science, Mathematics & Technology

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Synopsis

Henry Frederick Baker (1866–1956) was a renowned British mathematician specialising in algebraic geometry. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1898 and appointed the Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry in the University of Cambridge in 1914. First published between 1922 and 1925, the six-volume Principles of Geometry was a synthesis of Baker's lecture series on geometry and was the first British work on geometry to use axiomatic methods without the use of co-ordinates. The first four volumes describe the projective geometry of space of between two and five dimensions, with the last two volumes reflecting Baker's later research interests in the birational theory of surfaces. The work as a whole provides a detailed insight into the geometry which was developing at the time of publication. This, the first volume, describes the foundations of projective geometry.

Book Description

Henry Frederick Baker (1866-1956) was a renowned British mathematician specialising in algebraic geometry. First published between 1922 and 1925, this six-volume work provides a detailed insight into the geometry which was developing at the time of publication. Volume 1 describes the foundations of projective geometry.