The Authors

Boris Odehnal, born in 1973, got his PhD and habilitation in geometry at the Vienna University of Technology. 2011-2012 professor at the Dresden University of Technology. Since 2012, he has held the position of senior lecturer in geometry at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He is the author of several dozens of publications on geometry.

Hellmuth Stachel, born in 1942, got his PhD and habilitation in geometry in Graz. In 1978, he became full professor at the Mining University Leoben, and from 1980-2011, he was full professor of geometry at the Vienna University of Technology. He has coauthored several books on mathematics and computational geometry and more than 160 articles on geometry.

Georg Glaeser, born in 1955, got his PhD and habilitation in geometry at the Vienna University of Technology. Since 1998, he is full professor of geometry at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. He is the author and coauthor of more than twenty books on geometry,mathematics, computational geometry, computer graphics, and photography.

Enriches understanding of a both classical and modern subject with a strong visual component

Shows recent results in an accesible way

Broadens your understanding of geometry as a whole

1 Introduction.- 2 Quadrics in Euclidean 3-space.- 3 Linear algebraic approach to quadrics.- 4 Projective and affine quadrics.- 5 Pencils of quadrics.- 6 Cubic and quartic space curves as intersections of quadrics.- 7 Confocal quadrics.- 8 Special problems.- 9 Quadrics and Differential Geometry.- 10 Line Geometry, Sphere Geometry, Kinematics.- 11 Some generalizations of quadrics.- References.- Index.