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.
By:
John R. Silvester ( King's College London) Imprint: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 241mm,
Width: 163mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 1g ISBN:9780198507581 ISBN 10: 0198507585 Pages: 328 Publication Date:01 April 2001 Audience:
College/higher education
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Primary
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Preface 1: History and philosophy 2: Drawings and constructions 3: Plane geometry 4: Triangles, and triangle formulae 5: Isometries of R² 6: Isometries of R¹1 7: Circles, and other conics 8: Beyond isometry 9: Infinity 10: Complex geometry Bibliography List of notation Index
Reviews for Geometry Ancient and Modern
The approach is traditional - definitions are precise, propositions are posed, theorems and corollaries are proved - but it is not dull. Times Higher Education Supplement