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“Every writer must reconcile, as best he may, the conflicting claims of consistency and variety, of rigour in detail and elegance in the whole. The present author humbly confesses that, to him, geometry is nothing at all, if not a branch of art.”

Quote by Julian Coolidge

Work

A Treatise on Algebraic Plane Curves

This book delves into the mathematical analysis of algebraic plane curves, exploring their properties and characteristics through algebraic equations. more

Author

Julian Coolidge

Julian Coolidge was a prominent mathematician known for his contributions to number theory and complex analysis. Born on September 28, 1873, he passed away on March 5, 1954. more

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