The Garden of Archimedes
 The Garden of Archimedes
 A Museum for Mathematics


The geometry of curves:
an historical path

E. Giusti


(from the catalogue of the exhibition)



The origins of geometry

Geometry becomes system

Classical problems

Conic sections

Conic sections in the scientific revolution

Curves and equations

Trascendental curves

The curvature

The shortest way

Length and dimension









 

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