Poncelet's porism: a long story of renewed discoveries, II

The first part of the article appeared in the previous issue of this journal. It deals with the history of the research on Poncelet's porism, and related subjects, which were developed from the middle of the eighteenth century until the end of the nineteenth century. In this second part, we tak...

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Published inArchive for history of exact sciences Vol. 70; no. 2; pp. 123 - 173
Main Author Del Centina, Andrea
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Berlin/Heidelberg Springer 01.03.2016
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Subjects
Algebra
Astronomy
Conic sections
Coordinate systems
Geometric planes
History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics
History of Mathematical Sciences
History of Science
Mathematical theorems
Mathematics
Mathematics and Statistics
Observations and Techniques
Pencils
Philosophy of Science
Polygons
Polynomials
Projective geometry
Tangents
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Summary:The first part of the article appeared in the previous issue of this journal. It deals with the history of the research on Poncelet's porism, and related subjects, which were developed from the middle of the eighteenth century until the end of the nineteenth century. In this second part, we take the research developed in the twentieth century. We also offer a comparison of the main works on the subject, and we draw some conclusions.
ISSN:0003-9519
1432-0657
DOI:10.1007/s00407-015-0164-x