Flatto Leopold:
Poncelet's Theorem
American Mathematical Society (United States), 2009
Paperback, 240 pages
ISBN: 9780821843758
ISBN-10: 0821843753
Poncelet's Theorem
Poncelet's theorem is a famous result in algebraic geometry, dating to the early part of the nineteenth century. It concerns closed polygons inscribed in one conic and circumscribed about another. This title also discusses the relation between Poncelet's theorem and some aspects of queueing theory and mathematical billiards.
