Spherical Geometry and Its Applications Contributor(s): Whittlesey, Marshall (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367196905 ISBN-13: 9780367196905 Publisher: CRC Press OUR PRICE: $109.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Geometry - General - Mathematics | Trigonometry |
Dewey: 516.244 |
LCCN: 2019020861 |
Series: Textbooks in Mathematics |
Physical Information: 1" H x 6.5" W x 9.3" (1.50 lbs) 335 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Spherical Geometry and Its Applications introduces spherical geometry and its practical applications in a mathematically rigorous form. The text can serve as a course in spherical geometry for mathematics majors. Readers from various academic backgrounds can comprehend various approaches to the subject. The book introduces an axiomatic system for spherical geometry and uses it to prove the main theorems of the subject. It also provides an alternate approach using quaternions. The author illustrates how a traditional axiomatic system for plane geometry can be modified to produce a different geometric world - but a geometric world that is no less real than the geometric world of the plane. Features:
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