Analytical Geometry of Three Dimensions, Paperback/William H. McCrea

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Brief but rigorous, this text is geared toward advanced undergraduates and graduate students. It covers the coordinate system, planes and lines, spheres, homogeneous coordinates, general equations of the second degree, quadric in Cartesian coordinates, and intersection of quadrics. Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer, William H. Mc Crea conducted research in many areas and is best known for his work on relativity and cosmology. Mc Crea studied and taught at universities around the world, and this book is based on a series of his lectures.