DARBOUX, Principes de géométrie analytique, 1917

First edition.

Gaston Darboux (1842-1917) is a French mathematician, he succeeded Chasles in 1878 as chair of higher geometry at the Paris Faculty of Sciences. His work concerns analysis (integration, partial differential equations) and differential geometry (study of curves and surfaces). They were a source of inspiration for the Cosserat brothers as well as for Élie Cartan.