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Introduction to Classical Geometries

Autor Ana Irene Ramírez Galarza, José Seade
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 mar 2007
Geometry is one of the oldest branches of mathematics, nearly as old as human culture.Itsbeautyhasalwaysfascinatedmathematicians,amongothers.Inwriting this book we had the purpose of sharing with readers the pleasure derived from studying geometry,as well as giving a tasteof its importance, its deep connections with other branches of mathematics and the highly diverse viewpoints that may be taken by someone entering this ?eld. We also want to propose a speci?c way to introduce concepts that have arisen from the heyday of the Greek school of geometry to the present day. We workwithcoordinatemodels,sincethis facilitatestheuseofalgebraicandanalytic results, and we follow the viewpoint proposed by Felix Klein in the 19th century, of studying geometry via groups of symmetries of the space in question. We intend this book to be both an introduction to the subject addressed to undergraduate students in mathematics and physics, and a useful text-book for mathematicians and scientists in general who want to learn the basics of classical geometry: Euclidean, a?ne, elliptic, hyperbolic and projective geometry. These are all presented in a uni?ed way and the essential content of this book may be covered in a single semester, though a longer period of study would allow the student to grasp and assimilate better the material in it.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783764375171
ISBN-10: 3764375175
Pagini: 220
Ilustrații: X, 220 p.
Dimensiuni: 170 x 244 x 14 mm
Greutate: 0.46 kg
Ediția:2007
Editura: Birkhäuser Basel
Colecția Birkhäuser
Locul publicării:Basel, Switzerland

Public țintă

Lower undergraduate

Cuprins

Euclidean geometry.- Affine geometry.- Projective geometry.- Hyperbolic geometry.- Appendices.

Recenzii

From the reviews:
“This book offers an introduction to classical geometry. … The book contains many figures, which help the reader to develop geometric intuition, and lots of exercises. To follow the presentation, only a basic background in analysis and linear algebra is required, some necessary facts are collected in an appendix.” (A. Cap, Monatshefte für Mathematik, Vol. 158 (2), October, 2009)

Textul de pe ultima copertă

This book follows Felix Klein’s proposal of studying geometry by looking at the symmetries (or rigid motions) of the space in question. In this way the classical geometries are studied: Euclidean, affine, elliptic, projective and hyperbolic. For simplicity the focus is on the two-dimensional case, which is already rich enough, though some aspects of the 3- or n-dimensional geometries are included. Once plane geometry is well understood, it is much easier to go into higher dimensions.
The fundamental ideas of the classical geometries are presented in a clear and elementary way, making them accessible to a wide audience, and relating them to more advanced topics in modern geometry, such as manifolds, Lie groups, the Gaussian curvature, group actions, and foliations.
The book appeals to, and develops, the geometric intuition of the reader. The only prerequisites are calculus, linear algebra and basic analytic geometry. After studying the material, the reader will have a good understanding of basic geometry as well as a clear picture of the relations of this beautiful subject to other branches of mathematics. This is supported by more than 100 carefully chosen illustrations and a large number of exercises. While mainly addressed to students at advanced undergraduate level, the text can be of interest to anyone wanting to learn classical geometry.

Caracteristici

Presents all the classical geometries in a unified way, with many illustrations, thus making their understanding easier Though the proofs and arguments are in general absolutely rigorous, emphasis is put on the concepts and the ideas, not on the technical difficulties Presentation of several advanced concepts of geometry in a very simple way, so that they become easily accessible: the only pre-requisites are calculus, linear algebra and basic analytic geometry Many interesting problems given as exercises Wide bibliography for further reading Using elementary mathematics, more advanced concepts such as manifolds and Lie groups, group actions, curvature and foliations are introduced Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras