Geometry Ancient and Modern - Rilegato

Silvester, John R.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0198507585 ISBN 13: 9780198507581

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2001

Riassunto

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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Recensione

The approach is traditional - definitions are precise, propositions are posed, theorems and corollaries are proved - but it is not dull. (Times Higher Education Supplement)

L'autore

John.R. Silvester is at King's College London.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0198507585
• ISBN 13: 9780198507581
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 328
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile