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Geometries and Transformations

Autor Norman W. Johnson
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 iun 2018
Euclidean and other geometries are distinguished by the transformations that preserve their essential properties. Using linear algebra and transformation groups, this book provides a readable exposition of how these classical geometries are both differentiated and connected. Following Cayley and Klein, the book builds on projective and inversive geometry to construct 'linear' and 'circular' geometries, including classical real metric spaces like Euclidean, hyperbolic, elliptic, and spherical, as well as their unitary counterparts. The first part of the book deals with the foundations and general properties of the various kinds of geometries. The latter part studies discrete-geometric structures and their symmetries in various spaces. Written for graduate students, the book includes numerous exercises and covers both classical results and new research in the field. An understanding of analytic geometry, linear algebra, and elementary group theory is assumed.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781107103405
ISBN-10: 1107103401
Pagini: 452
Dimensiuni: 162 x 241 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.77 kg
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Introduction; 1. Homogenous spaces; 2. Linear geometries; 3. Circular geometries; 4. Real collineation groups; 5. Equiareal collineations; 6. Real isometry groups; 7. Complex spaces; 8. Complex collineation groups; 9. Circularities and concatenations; 10. Unitary isometry groups; 11. Finite symmetry groups; 12. Euclidean symmetry groups; 13. Hyperbolic coxeter groups; 14. Modular transformations; 15. Quaternionic modular groups.

Recenzii

'This extremely valuable book tells the story about classical geometries - euclidean, spherical, hyperbolic, elliptic, unitary, affine, projective - and how they all fit together. At the center are geometric transformation groups, both continuous groups such as isometry or collineation groups, and their discrete subgroups occurring as symmetry groups of polytopes, tessellations, or patterns, including reflection groups. I highly recommend the book!' Egon Schulte, Northeastern University, Massachusetts
'This is a book written with a passion for geometry, for complete lists, for consistent notation, for telling the history of a concept, and a passion to give an insight into a situation before going into the details.' Erich W. Ellers, zbMATH

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A readable exposition of how Euclidean and other geometries can be distinguished using linear algebra and transformation groups.