Invariants of Quadratic Differential Forms

by J. Edmund Wright

Overview

Originally published in 1908 as number nine in the Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics and Mathematical Physics series, this book provides a concise account regarding the invariant theory connected with a single quadratic differential form. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in quadratic differential forms and the history of mathematics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781107493933
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	03/26/2015
Series:	Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics
Pages:	100
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Introduction; 1. Historical; 2. The method of Christoffel; 3. The method of lie; 4. Maschke's symbolic method; 5. Applications: geometrical, dynamical.