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A Treatise on Conic Sections

George Salmon info

First published 1848

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About this book

The great Victorian treatise on conics and projective methods.

The author

George Salmon

1819–1904 · Irish mathematician and Anglican theologian

  • Copley Medal
Profession
Mathematician, Philosopher, Theologian, Professor
Worked at
Trinity College, Dublin
Studied at
Trinity College, Dublin
Prizes
Copley Medal (1889), Royal Medal (1868), Fellow of the British Academy (1902), Fellow of the Royal Irish Academy (1843), Cunningham Medal (1858)

Left mathematics for theology and became Provost of Trinity College Dublin.

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Reading order

Prerequisite: The Elements of Coordinate Geometry (Loney)

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Editions

16 editions · 1 hardcover, 0 paperback

First published 1848

Earliest edition listed: 1850 · Hodges and Smith · 2D ed.

  • 1850 · Hodges and Smith · 2D ed.
  • 1850 · Hodges and Smith · 2nd ed., rev. and enl.
  • 1855 · Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans · 3D ed.
  • 1863 · Longmans, Brown, Green, Longman, and Roberts · 4th ed.
  • 1869 · Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer · 5th ed.
  • 1869 · Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer · 5th ed.
  • 1879 · Longmans, Green, and Co. · 6th ed.
  • 1879 · Longmans · 6th ed.
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  • 1896 · Longmans, Green · 10th ed.
  • 1896 · Longmans, Green and co.
  • 1911 · Longmans, Green
  • 1917 · Longmans, Green and Co.
  • 1929 · Longmans, Green
  • 1954 · Chelsea Pub. Co. · 6th ed.
  • 1960 · Chelsea Pub Co · Hardcover · 6th edition · ISBN 9780828400992
  • 2005 · AMS Chelsea Pub. · 6th ed. · ISBN 9780821837771

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