Théorie des Fonctions Elliptiques. Deuxième édition. (France)

Author: Briot, C A   Bouquet, J C   

Publisher: Paris: Gauthier-Villars 1875.

Description: 700p quarter calf with calf corners, covers sunned at top and extremities rubbed, gilt title on spine, spotting to first and last few leaves, small ex library markings, otherwise pages are clean and fresh, a very handsome copy of this very much expanded second edition with numerous diagrams, "une oeuvre considerable" (Rouse Ball), [Their] books were published in numerous editions and for many years contributed to establishing the level of mathematics teaching in France. Briot also published, with Bouquet, an important work on elliptic functions (1875). The Academie des Sciences awarded Briot the Poncelet Prize in 1882 for his work in mathematics". (DSB II pp. 470); "The standard work on the subject, extending and connecting the investigations by Cauchy and Liouville" (Sotheran 6509)

Order No: PIP 135478

Language: French

Price: £230.00

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