On the representation of curves in Descartes' geometrie

DOI10.1007/BF00357312zbMath0475.01003OpenAlexW2033412917MaRDI QIDQ1159659

Henk J. M. Bos

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00357312

zbMATH Keywords

Descartes' geometrierepresentation of curves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of geometry (51-03)

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