Article ID: CBB670831146

“A Masterly Though Neglected Work”, Boscovich’s Treatise on Conic Sections (2018)

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In this paper, we describe the genesis of Boscovich’s Sectionum Conicarum Elementa and discuss the motivations which led him to write this work. Moreover, by analysing the structure of this treatise in some depth, we show how he developed the completely new idea of “eccentric circle” and derived the whole theory of conic sections by starting from it. We also comment on the reception of this treatise in Italy, and abroad, especially in England, where—since the late eighteenth century—several authors found inspiration in Boscovich’s work to write their treatises on conic sections.

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Authors & Contributors
Proverbio, Edoardo
Fiocca, Alessandra
Del Centina, Andrea
Patergnani, Elisa
Lugaresi, Maria Giulia
Casini, Paolo
Concepts
Mathematics
Conic sections
Transmission of texts
Geometry
Mathematics education
Lenses
Time Periods
18th century
17th century
19th century
16th century
Qajar dynasty, Iran (1794-1925)
Modern
Places
Italy
England
France
Scotland
Netherlands
Spain
Institutions
Brera. Osservatorio Astronomico
Momijiyama Bunko Library
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