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Geometry: Euclid and Beyond

By Robin Hartshorne

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2000
ISBN
0387986502, 9780387986500
LCC
QA451 .H37 2000
Open Library ID
OL23155429M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
5 MB (5123240 bytes)
Pages
544\536
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book offers a unique opportunity to understand the essence of one of the great thinkers of western civilization. A guided reading of Euclid's Elements leads to a critical discussion and rigorous modern treatment of Euclid's geometry and its more recent descendants, with complete proofs. Topics include the introduction of coordinates, the theory of area, geometrical constructions and finite field extensions, history of the parallel postulate, the various non-Euclidean geometries, and the regular and semi-regular polyhedra. The text is intended for junior- to senior-level mathematics majors. Robin Hartshorne is a professor of mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley, and is the author of Foundations of Projective Geometry (Benjamin, 1967) and Algebraic Geometry (Springer, 1977).

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