La Descartes, René 1596-1650 creator text utu 2008 monographic fr 1 online resource : multiple file formats "La géométrie" by René Descartes is a mathematical work published in 1637 as an appendix to his Discourse on the Method. This groundbreaking text proposes uniting algebra and geometry into a single subject, inventing analytic geometry by reducing geometric shapes to algebraic equations. Descartes introduces algebraic notation still used today and tackles complex problems involving curves and equations. Written deliberately obscurely in French, the work influenced the development of calculus and required later mathematicians to clarify and expand its revolutionary ideas. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_G%C3%A9om%C3%A9trie Wikipedia page about this book: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_G%C3%A9om%C3%A9trie_(Descartes) Release date is 2008-08-23 Original publication data not identified Geometry -- Early works to 1800 Geometry, Analytic -- Early works to 1800 QA Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26400 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26400 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133614.0 26400