Duncan Sommerville
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Duncan MacLaren Young Sommerville was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer. He compiled a bibliography on non-Euclidean geometry and also wrote a leading textbook in that field. He also wrote Introduction to the Geometry of N Dimensions, advancing the study of polytopes. He was a co-founder and the first secretary of the New Zealand Astronomical Society.
Duncan Sommerville's Published Works
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- An Introduction to The Geometry of N Dimensions (274)
- Analytical geometry of three dimensions (1934) (129)
- The Relations Connecting the Angle-Sums and Volume of a Polytope in Space of n Dimensions (1927) (100)
- VI.—Division of Space by Congruent Triangles and Tetrahedra (64)
- Space-filling Tetrahedra in Euclidean Space (1922) (52)
- The elements of non-Euclidean geometry (38)
- Classification of Geometries with Projective Metric (1909) (27)
- Bibliography of non-Euclidean geometry (19)
- XXIX.—Semi-regular Networks of the Plane in Absolute Geometry (18)
- On Certain Periodic Properties of Cyclic Compositions of Numbers (10)
- An introduction to the geometry of a dimensions (6)
- A Shortened Interpolation Formula for Certain Types of Data (1924) (5)
- The Conservation of Mass (1902) (4)
- Non-Euclidean Geometry (1911) (4)
- Equimomental Tetrads of a Rigid Body (1930) (3)
- XIX.—Description of a Projection-Model of the 600-Cell in Space of Four Dimensions (2)
- The regular divisions of space ofn dimensions and their metrical constants (1924) (2)
- The Singularities of the Algebraic Trochoids (2)
- Metrical Coordinates in Non-Euclidean Geometry (1932) (1)
- Networks of the Plane in Absolute Geometry. (1)
- XII.—Isohedral and Isogonal Generalizations of the Regular Polyhedra (1933) (1)
- Quadratic systems of circles in non-euclidean geometry (0)
- Note on the Geometries in which Straight Lines are represented by Circles (1909) (0)
- 664. [V. 6.] Note on Gleanings, 88, x. p. 368 (1923) (0)
- On Certain Projective Configurations in Space of n Dimensions and a Related Problem in Arrangements (1906) (0)
- Note on Gauss' Proof of the Reciprocity of Parallelism (1913) (0)
- Two Problems of Geometry (1901) (0)
- Note on Legendre's and Bertrand's Proofs of the Parallel-Postulate by Infinite Areas (1911) (0)
- 805. [v. 1. a. μ.] A Curiosity in Elementary Mechanics (1925) (0)
- 732. [X. 1.] A Curious Method of Computation (1924) (0)
- Elementary Considerations relating to the Absolute (1909) (0)
- Sets of Points Self-Conjugate with regard to a Quadric in n Dimensions (1932) (0)
- 483. [D. 6. b. d.] Note on Napier’s Logarithms (1916) (0)
- On the form of an Eclipse Chart near the Pole (1919) (0)
- 665. [V. 1. a. μ] On Note 617, xi. p. 59 (1923) (0)
- 663. [Q. 1. a.] On Note 613, xi. p. 57 (1923) (0)
- 861. [X.] Some approximate Circle Squarings (1926) (0)
- Geometry at Infinity (1917) (0)
- XII.—An Analysis of Preferential Voting (0)
- XVIII.—Sunset and Twilight Curves, and Related Phenomena.. (0)
- The Numerically Greatest Term of a Binomial Expansion (1911) (0)
- Nomogram for the Solution of the Equation z 3 + pz + q = 0 (1916) (0)
- An Analytical Remainder Formula (1922) (0)
- 727. [V. 1. a. ζ. ] On Note 718, Math. Gazette, xii. 164, The Teaching of Parallels (1924) (0)
- Note on de Ville’s Approximate Construction of a Regular N-Gon (1924) (0)
- 664. Note on Gleanings, 88 (1923) (0)
- Approximations to the Length of an Arc (1918) (0)
- Taylor's Cubics associated with a Triangle in Non-Euclidean Geometry (1914) (0)
- The Early History of Non-Euclidean Geometry (1910) (0)
- 470. Elementary Method of investigating the Centroid of it Uniform Circular Arc (1916) (0)
- Graphical Method of predicting Occultations (1919) (0)
- On the Relations Between the Rotation‐Groups of the Regular Polytopes and Permutation‐Groups (1933) (0)
- On the number of Independent Conditions involved in the vanishing of a Rectangular Array (1905) (0)
- Certain Hyperspatial Partitionings Connected with Preferential Voting (0)
- On the Distribution of the Proper Fractions (0)
- An Approximate Construction for the Division of an Angle (1931) (0)
- Transportability of a Sundial (1933) (0)
- Peaucellier's Cell and other linkages in non-euclidean Geometry (1925) (0)
- [Letters to Editor] (0)
- Elementary Method of investigating the Centroid of a Uniform Circular Arc (1916) (0)
- To the Editor of the Mathematical Gazette (1915) (0)
- Note on Desargues’ Theorem (1914) (0)
- A CRITICISM OF PROFESSOR L. A. COTTON'S THEORY REGARDING TIDAL STRESSES AND THE PREDICTION. OF EARTHQUAKES. (1932) (0)
- Homogeneity Applied to Angles (1927) (0)
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