Introduction to Geometry
Published on 23. February 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
496 pages
978-0-471-50458-0 (ISBN)
Description
This unabridged paperback edition contains complete coverage, ranging from topics in the Euclidean plane to affine geometry, projective geometry, differential geometry and topology.
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Person
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.
Content
Triangles. Regular Polygons. Isometry in the Euclidean Plane. Two--Dimensional Crystallography. Similarity in the Euclidean Plane. Circles and Spheres. Isometry and Similarity in Euclidean Space. Coordinates. Complex Numbers. The Five Platonic Solids. The Golden Section and Phyllotaxis. Ordered Geometry. Affine Geometry. Projective Geometry. Absolute Geometry. Hyperbolic Geometry. Differential Geometry of Curves. The Tensor Notation. Differential Geometry of Surfaces. Geodesics. Topology of Surfaces. Four--Dimensional Geometry. Tables. References. Answers to Exercises. Index.