This brief undergraduate-level text by a prominent Cambridge-educated mathematician explores the relationship between algebra and geometry. An elementary course in plane geometry is the sole requirement for Gilbert de B. Robinson's text, which is the result of several years of teaching and learning the most effective methods from discussions with students. Topics include lines and planes, determinants and linear equations, matrices, groups and linear transformations, and vectors and vector spaces. Additional subjects range from conics and quadrics to homogeneous coordinates and projective geometry, geometry on the sphere, and reduction of real matrices to diagonal form. Exercises appear throughout the text, with complete answers at the end.
By:
Gilbert De B. Robinson, Hans Liebeck Imprint: Dover Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 217mm,
Width: 137mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 203g ISBN:9780486481609 ISBN 10: 0486481603 Series:Dover Books on Mathema 1.4tics Pages: 192 Publication Date:15 June 2011 Audience:
College/higher education
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A / AS level
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active