David A. Brannan (Milton Keynes The Open University), Matthew F. Esplen (Milton Keynes The Open University), Jeremy J. Gray (Milton Keynes The Open University)

Geometry

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Popular with students and instructors alike, this accessible and highly readable undergraduate textbook has now been revised to include end-of-chapter summaries, more challenging exercises, new results and a list of further reading. Complete solutions to all of the exercises are also provided in a new Instructors' Manual available online.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2., überarb. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 602
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 189mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1284g
• ISBN-13: 9781107647831
• ISBN-10: 1107647835
• Artikelnr.: 33563626

Autorenporträt

David A. Brannan is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Computing at The Open University, Milton Keynes.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Introduction: geometry and geometries; 1. Conics; 2. Affine geometry; 3. Projective geometry: lines; 4. Projective geometry: conics; 5. Inversive geometry; 6. Hyperbolic geometry: the disc model; 7. Elliptic geometry: the spherical model; 8. The Kleinian view of geometry; Special symbols; Further reading; Appendix 1. A primer of group theory; Appendix 2. A primer of vectors and vector spaces; Appendix 3. Solutions to the problems; Index.

Rezensionen

'This is a textbook that demonstrates the excitement and beauty of geometry ... richly illustrated and clearly written.' L'Enseignement Mathématique