Geometry by its history

In this textbook the authors present first-year geometry roughly in the order in which it was discovered. The first five chapters show how the ancient Greeks established geometry, together with its numerous practical applications, while more recent findings on Euclidian geometry are discussed as wel...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Ostermann, Alexander, 19..-, Wanner, Gerhard, 1942- (Συγγραφέας)
Μορφή: Livre numérique
Γλώσσα:Anglais
Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg [20..].
Cham : Springer Nature
Έκδοση:1st ed. 2012.
Σειρά:Readings in Mathematics
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Edition sous un autre format:• Geometry by its history, Alexander Ostermann, Gerhard Wanner, 2012, Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer, 1 vol. (XII-437 p.), Undergraduate texts in mathematics, 978-3-642-29162-3
• Geometry by Its History, Texte imprimé, 9783642444692
• Geometry by Its History, Texte imprimé, 9783642291647
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • Preface Part I: Classical Geometry Thales and Pythagoras The Elements of Euclid Conic Sections Further Results on Euclidean Geometry Trigonometry Part II: Analytic Geometry Descartes' Geometry Cartesian Coordinates To be Constructible, or not to be Spatial Geometry and Vector Algebra Matrices and Linear Mappings Projective Geometry Solutions to Exercises  References Figure Source and Copyright Index
  • Preface
  • Part I: Classical Geometry
  • Part II: Analytic Geometry
  • References
  • Figure Source and Copyright
  • Index
  • Thales and Pythagoras
  • The Elements of Euclid
  • Conic Sections
  • Further Results on Euclidean Geometry
  • Trigonometry
  • Descartes' Geometry
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • To be Constructible, or not to be
  • Spatial Geometry and Vector Algebra
  • Matrices and Linear Mappings
  • Projective Geometry
  • Solutions to Exercises