This classic work is now available in an unabridged paperback edition. The Second Edition retains all the characterisitcs that made the first edition so popular: brilliant exposition, the flexibility permitted by relatively self-contained chapters, and broad coverage ranging from topics in the Euclidean plane, to affine geometry, projective geometry, differential geometry, and topology. The Second Edition incorporates improvements in the text and in some proofs, takes note of the solution of the 4-color map problem, and provides answers to most of the exercises.
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This classic work is now available in an unabridged paperback edition.
Part I Triangles 3 Regular Polygons 26 Isometry in the Euclidean Plane 39 Two-Dimensional Crystallography 50 Similarity in the Euclidean Plane 67 Circles and Spheres 77 Isometry and Similarity in Euclidean Space   96 Part II Coordinates 107 Complex Numbers 135 The Five Platonic Solids 148 The Golden Section and Phyllotaxis 160 Part III Ordered Geometry 175 Affine Geometry 191 Projective Geometry 229 Absolute Geometry 263 Hyperbolic Geometry  287 Part IV Differential Geometry of Curves  307 The Tensor Notation  328 Differential Geometry of Surfaces  342 Geodesics  366 Topology of Surfaces  379 Four-Dimensional Geometry  396 Tables  413 References  415 Answers to Exercises  419 Index 459 
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780471504580
Publisert
1989-04-05
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Vekt
656 gr
Høyde
230 mm
Bredde
148 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
496

Forfatter

Biographical note

Harold Scott MacDonald "Donald" Coxeter, FRS, FRSC, CC was a British-born Canadian geometer. Coxeter is regarded as one of the greatest geometers of the 20th century. He was born in London, received his BA and PhD from Cambridge, but lived in Canada from age 29.