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Geometries on Surfaces (Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications (No. 84))

By Burkard Polster , Günter Steinke

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
9780521660587
Google Books ID
zpYBQG2lcMMC
Open Library ID
OL7750685M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
9 MB (9516322 bytes)
Series
Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications (No. 84)
Edition
1st
Pages
513\513
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

One century after Hilbert constructed the first example of a non-classical affine plane, this book aims to summarize all the major results about geometries on surfaces. Acting both as a reference and a monograph, the authors have included detailed sections on what is known as well as outlining problems that remain to be solved. There are sections on classical geometries, methods for constructing non-classical geometries and classifications and characterizations of geometries. This work is related to a host of other fields including approximation, convexity, differential geometry topology and many more. This book will appeal to students, researchers and lecturers working in geometry or any one of the many associated areas outlined above.

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