Abstract
ALTHOUGH quite good in its way, this hook does not present any very striking features. It may best be described as a collection of problems most of which could he worked out as exercises by any fairly good English mathematical student. Intrinsic equations are here obtained for the usual well-known plane curves, such as cycloid, catenary, equiangular, spiral, and they are applied to the study of associated loci such as roulettes, Mannheim'S curves, pedals, or involutes and evolutes. In England this work is commonly studied in courses rightly or wrongly described as “advanced calculus,” but it may be useful to teachers and others to have a hook of reference in which the subject is treated separately and in greater detail than in our calculus text-books.
Les Coordonnés intrinsèques. Théorie et Applications.
By Dr. L. Braude. (Scientia, No. 37.) Paris: Gauthier—Villars, 1914. Pp. 100. Price 2 francs.
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Les Coordonnés intrinsèques Théorie et Applications . Nature 94, 226 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/094226b0
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