Geometry / David A. Brannan, Matthew F. Esplen and Jeremy J. Gray.
By: Brannan, D. A.
Contributor(s): Esplen, Matthew F | Gray, Jeremy.
Material type: BookPublisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1999Description: xi, 497 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0521591937 (hbk); 0521597870 (pbk).Subject(s): GeometryDDC classification: 516Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 516 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00074750 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This is an undergraduate textbook that reveals the intricacies of geometry. The approach used is that a geometry is a space together with a set of transformations of that space (as argued by Klein in his Erlangen programme). The authors explore various geometries: affine, projective, inversive, non-Euclidean and spherical. In each case the key results are explained carefully, and the relationships between the geometries are discussed. This richly illustrated and clearly written text includes full solutions to over 200 problems, and is suitable both for undergraduate courses on geometry and as a resource for self study.
Includes index.
Introduction: Geometry and geometries -- Conics -- Affine geometry -- Projective geometry: lines -- Projective geometry: conics -- Inversive geometry -- Non euclidean geometry -- Spherical geometry -- The Kleinian view of geometry.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface
- Introduction
- 1 Conics
- 2 Affine geometry
- 3 Projective geometry: lines
- 4 Projective geometry: conics
- 5 Inversive geometry
- 6 Non-Euclidean geometry
- 7 Spherical geometry
- 8 The Kleinian view of geometry
- Appendices
- Index