Geometry: Ancient and Modern

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Oxford University Press, 2001 - 313 páginas
This text is a guided tour of geometry, from Euclid through to algebraic geometry. It shows how mathematicians use a variety of techniques to tackle problems, and it links geometry to other branches of mathematics. It is a teaching text, with a large number of exercises woven into the exposition. Topics covered include: ruler and compass constructions; transformations; triangle and circle theorems; classification of isometries and groups of isometries in dimensions 2 and Platonic solids; conics; similarities; affine; projective and Mobius transformations; non-Euclidean geometry; projective geometry; and the beginnings of algebraic geometry.

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Drawings and constructions
12
Answers to exercises
23
8
46
Triangles and triangle formulae
52
Isometries of R2
82
Isometries of R
116
533
147
Answers to exercises
153
Infinity
222
Complex geometry
267
Answers to exercises
297
Bibliography
301
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John.R. Silvester is at King's College London.

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