Analytic Geometry (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Analytic Geometry<br><br>In the preparation of this book the author has tried to keep ill mind the twofold requirement of a text-book on Analytic Geometry: to bring out clearly the fundamental principles and methods of the subject, and to make it a natural introduction to more advanced work. Since for most students of Analytic Geometry the subject is quite as essential as a preparation for the study of Calculus as it is valuable for its own methods and body of facts, the method and notation of the Calculus have been used in their application to tangents, normals, and maxima and minima in the plane, and to tangent planes and lines in space.<br><br>The conic sections have not been accorded as much space relatively as in most text-books on the subject, but it is believed that the student's time in the usual brief course can be spent to greater profit in the study of such chapters as those on Trigonometric and Exponential Functions, Parametric Equations, Empirical Equations, Maxima and Minima, and Graphical Solution of Equations, than upon a prolonged course on the conics. Especially is this true for engineering students.<br><br>The answers to many of the problems have not been given. Where the student can check the answer by graphical means, it is best that he should thus test the correctness of his work, and a complete list of answers tends to take away his incentive for doing this.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.