Elementary Mathematics from an Advanced Standpoint: Geometry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780486434810)

This text begins with the simplest geometric manifolds, the Grassmann determinant principle for the plane and the Grassmann principle for space; and more. Also explores affine and projective transformations; higher point transformations; transformations with change of space element; and the theory of the imaginary. Concludes with a systematic discussion of geometry and its foundations. 1939 edition. 141 figures.

Author: Felix Klein
ISBN-10: 0486434818
ISBN-13: 9780486434810
Publisher: Dover Publications
Language: English
Published: 06/18/2004
Pages: 214
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.38w x 0.49d

Review Citation(s):
Scitech Book News 12/01/2004 pg. 42