Geometry Ancient and Modern Hardback
by John R. (, King's College London) Silvester
Hardback
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This book is a guided tour of geometry, from Euclid through to algebraic geometry.
It shows how mathematicians use a variety of techniques to tackle problems, and it links geometry to other branches of mathematic.s It is a teaching text, with a large number of exercises woven into the exposition.
Topics covered: ruler and compasses constructions, transformations, triangle and circle theorems, classification of isometries and groups of isometries in dimensions 2 and 3, Platonic solids, conics, similarities, affine, projective and Mobius transformations, non-Euclidean geometry, projective geometry, the beginnings of algebraic geometry.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:328 pages, numerous figures
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:05/04/2001
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- ISBN:9780198507581
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:328 pages, numerous figures
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:05/04/2001
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198507581