Geometric Algebra
Published on 26. February 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-486-80155-1 (ISBN)
Description
Directed at advanced undergraduates and graduate students of mathematics, this classic overview explores affine and projective geometry, symplectic and orthogonal geometry, the general linear group, and the structure of symplectic and orthogonal groups. "Ample evidence of the author's ability to penetrate a subject and to present material in a particularly elegant manner." ? Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
276 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-486-80155-1 (9780486801551)
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Person
One of the 20th century's most prominent mathematicians, Emil Artin (1898-1962) emigrated to the United States from Austria in 1936 and taught at Notre Dame, Indiana University, and Princeton before returning to Europe in the late 1950s. He wrote several books, including the Dover publications Galois Theory and The Gamma Function.