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Foundations of Convex Geometry

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1998
ISBN
0521639700, 9780521639705
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18716790 bytes)
Series
Australian Mathematical Society Lecture Series, Vol. 12
Edition
1
Pages
C, XIV, 220, B\238
Orientation
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2015-06-26 08:31:44

Description

This book on the foundations of Euclidean geometry aims to present the subject from the point of view of present day mathematics, taking advantage of all the developments since the appearance of Hilbert's classic work. Here real affine space is characterised by a small number of axioms involving points and line segments making the treatment self-contained and thorough, many results being established under weaker hypotheses than usual. The treatment should be totally accessible for final year undergraduates and graduate students, and can also serve as an introduction to other areas of mathematics such as matroids and antimatroids, combinatorial convexity, the theory of polytopes, projective geometry and functional analysis. Excellent author Based on graduate courses No competition at this level

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