Quartic Surfaces with Singular Points

Klappentext

Originally published in 1916, this book provides a concise account of the leading properties of quartic surfaces possessing nodes or nodal curves.

Zusammenfassung
Originally published in 1916, this book was written to provide readers with a concise account of the leading properties of quartic surfaces possessing nodes or nodal curves. A brief summary of the leading results discussed in the book is included in the form of an introduction.

Inhalt

Preface; Introduction; 1. Quartic surfaces with isolated singular points; 2. Desmic surfaces; 3. Quartic surfaces with a double conic; 4. Quartic surfaces with a nodal conic and additional nodes; 5. The cyclide; 6. Surfaces with a double line: Plücker's surface; 7. Quartic surfaces with an infinite number of conics: Steiner's surface: the quartic monoid; 8. The general theory of rational quartic surfaces; 9. Determinant surfaces; Index of subjects; Index of authors.