Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Points and Lines; 2 The Euclidean Plane; 3 Circles; 4 General Conics; 5 Centres of General Conics; 6 Degenerate Conics; 7 Axes and Asymptotes; 8 Focus and Directrix; 9 Tangents and Normals; 10 The Parabola; 11 The Ellipse; 12 The Hyperbola; 13 Pole and Polar; 14 Congruences; 15 Classifying Conics; 16 Distinguishing Conics; 17 Uniqueness and Invariance; Index
Summary
A genuine introduction to the geometry of lines and conics in the Euclidean plane. Example based and self contained, with numerous illustrations and several hundred worked examples and exercises. Ideal for undergraduate courses in mathematics, or for postgraduates in the engineering and physical sciences
