Introduction to Geometry by Coxeter, H. S. M.

Introduction to Geometry (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780471504580)

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Introduction to Geometry by Coxeter, H. S. M.

Introduction to Geometry

$168.95
Introduction to Geometry by Coxeter, H. S. M.

Introduction to Geometry

$168.95
Format: Paperback
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This volume attempts to revitalize the sadly neglected topic of geometry. Apart from the general emphasis on the idea of transformation and on the desirability of spending some time in such unusual environments as affine space and absolute space, the chief novelties of the text are a simple treatment of the orthocenter, the use of dominoes to illustrate six of the seventeen space groups of two-dimensional crystallography, a construction for the invariant point of a dilative reflection, a description of the general circle-preserving transformation and the spiral similarity. The book also includes an 'explanation' of phyllotaxis, an 'ordered' treatment of Sylvester's problem, an economical system of axioms for affine geometry, an 'absolute' treatment of rotation groups, an elementary treatment of the horosphere and the extreme ternary quadratic form. The author describes the correction of a prevalent error concerning the shape of the monkey saddle, an application of

Author: H. S. M. Coxeter
ISBN-10: 0471504580
ISBN-13: 9780471504580
Publisher: Wiley
Language: English
Published: 01/16/1991
Pages: 496
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.48lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.92w x 0.95d
By H. S. M. Coxeter
By H. S. M. Coxeter
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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.

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