TY  - BOOK
AU  - Descartes,René
TI  - La géométrie
AV  - QA 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - Geometry -- Early works to 1800
KW  - Geometry, Analytic -- Early works to 1800
N1  - 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
N2  - "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.)
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26400
ER  -