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Conics and Cubics: A Concrete Introduction to Algebraic Curves / Edition 2
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Conics and Cubics: A Concrete Introduction to Algebraic Curves / Edition 2
Current price: $54.99
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Conics and Cubics: A Concrete Introduction to Algebraic Curves / Edition 2
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By classifying irreducible cubics over the real numbers and proving that their points form Abelian groups, the book gives readers easy access to the study of elliptic curves. It includes a simple proof of Bezout’s Theorem on the number of intersections of two curves.
The book is a text for a one-semester course. The course can serve either as the one undergraduate geometry course taken by mathematics majors in general or as a sequel to college geometry for prospective or current teachers of secondary school mathematics. The only prerequisite is first-year calculus.
The new edition additionally discusses the use of power series to parametrize curves and analyze intersection multiplicities and envelopes.