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Geometry : ancient and modern

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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 mathematics.

It is a teaching text, with a large number of exercises woven into the exposition.

Topics covered are: 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, and the beginnings of algebraic geometry.

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Oxford University Press
0198507585 / 9780198507581
Hardback
516
05/04/2001
United Kingdom
English
352p. : ill.
24 cm
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