
Roads to Geometry
Pearson (Publisher)
3rd Edition
Published on 21. August 2003
Book
Hardback
510 pages
978-0-13-041396-3 (ISBN)
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Description
For one semester undergraduate classes in geometry for math and math-ed students who have taken calculus. This new text clarifies, extends, and unifies concepts discussed in basic high school geometry courses. Gives readers a comprehensive introduction to plane geometry in a historical context. *Historical Approach - investigates different axiomatic approaches to the study of Euclidean-plane geometry. *Analytical and transfunctional approach - gives students a thorough discussion of real numbers, algebra, isometrics, similarities, analytical transformations, inversion, and their applications. *Modular chapters - each chapter is independent and can be covered as a separate unit and gives instructors flexibility in choosing their curriculum. *End of Section Exercises - provides an ample collection of exercises of varying difficulty help students to check their comprehension of each section. *End of Chapter Summaries. Includes all definitions and theorems.
*New Laboratory Activities - included in an appendix, these activities make use of dynamic geometry software allowing students to experience the hands-on explanation of a variety of topics in both the Euclidean and hyperbolic plane. Either Geometers SketchPad(c) or Cabri(c) can be used.
*New Laboratory Activities - included in an appendix, these activities make use of dynamic geometry software allowing students to experience the hands-on explanation of a variety of topics in both the Euclidean and hyperbolic plane. Either Geometers SketchPad(c) or Cabri(c) can be used.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 277 mm
Width: 101 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
728 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-041396-3 (9780130413963)
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Edward Wallace | Stephen West
Roads to Geometry
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Edward C. Wallace | Stephen F. West
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Content
1. Rules of the Road: Axiomatic Systems.
2. Many Ways to Go: Axiom Sets for Geometry.
3. Travelling Together: Neutral Geometry.
4. One Way to Go: Euclidean Geometry of the Plane.
5. Side Trips; Analytic and Transformational Geometry.
6. Other Ways to Go: Non-Euclidean Geometries.
7. All Roads Lead to: Projective Geometry.
Appendix A: Euclid's Definitions and Postulates, Book 1.
Appendix B: Hilbert's Axioms for Euclidean Plane Geometry.
Appendix C: Birkhoff's Postulates for Euclidean Plane Geometry.
Appendix D: The SMSG Postulates for Euclidean Geometry.
Appendix E: Exploratory Lab Activities to Supplement Exercise Sets in Chapters 4, 5, and 6.
2. Many Ways to Go: Axiom Sets for Geometry.
3. Travelling Together: Neutral Geometry.
4. One Way to Go: Euclidean Geometry of the Plane.
5. Side Trips; Analytic and Transformational Geometry.
6. Other Ways to Go: Non-Euclidean Geometries.
7. All Roads Lead to: Projective Geometry.
Appendix A: Euclid's Definitions and Postulates, Book 1.
Appendix B: Hilbert's Axioms for Euclidean Plane Geometry.
Appendix C: Birkhoff's Postulates for Euclidean Plane Geometry.
Appendix D: The SMSG Postulates for Euclidean Geometry.
Appendix E: Exploratory Lab Activities to Supplement Exercise Sets in Chapters 4, 5, and 6.