A Path in History, from Curvature to Convexity

DOI10.1007/978-3-030-13609-3_7zbMath1459.01002OpenAlexW2981154597MaRDI QIDQ5129771

A'Campo-Neuen, Annette, Athanase Papadopoulos

Publication date: 23 October 2020

Published in: Geometry in History (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13609-3_7

zbMATH Keywords

curvaturecurvesHuygensconvex surfacesEulerNewtonLeibnizDescartesFermatMongeDupinMeusnierBergerStruikRodrigues

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of ordinary differential equations (34-03) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20) Mathematical biology in general (92B99) General histories, source books (01A05) History of geometry (51-03) History of functions of a complex variable (30-03) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to ordinary differential equations (34-02) History of abstract harmonic analysis (43-03)

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