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William H. McCrea: Analytical Geometry of Three Dimensions

Published 1942, Second Edition 1947, Oliver and Boyd.

Subject Matter

• Solid Geometry

Contents

Preface (Belfast, July 1942)

Preface to Second Edition (Royal Holloway College, January 1947)

I. Coordinate System: Directions

II. Planes and Lines

III. Sphere

IV. Homogeneous Coordinates - Points at Infinity

V: General Equation of the Second Degree

VI. Quadric in Cartesian Coordinates; Standard Forms

VII. Intersection of Quadrics: Systems of Quadrics

Note on Abstract Geometry

Subject Index