Invariants of Quadratic Differential Forms

Originally published in 1908 as number nine in the Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics series, this book provides a concise account regarding the invariant theory connected with a single quadratic differential form. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in quadratic differential forms and the history of mathematics.

List of contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. Historical; 2. The method of Christoffel; 3. The method of lie; 4. Maschke's symbolic method; 5. Applications: geometrical, dynamical.

Summary

Originally published in 1908 in the Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics series, this book provides a concise account regarding the invariant theory connected with a single quadratic differential form. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in quadratic differential forms and the history of mathematics.

Product details

• Authors: J. Edmund Wright, Wright J. Edmund
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.03.2015
• EAN: 9781107493933
• ISBN: 978-1-107-49393-3
• No. of pages: 100
• Series: Cambridge Tracts in Mathematic; Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > Arithmetic, algebra; Algebra, MATHEMATICS / History & Philosophy, MATHEMATICS / Algebra / General, History of mathematics