| Geometric Transformations: Volume 4, Circular Transformations Contributor(s): Yaglom, I. M. (Author), Shenitzer, Abe (Translator) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0883856484 ISBN-13: 9780883856482 Publisher: Mathematical Association of America (MAA) OUR PRICE: $54.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Mathematics | Logic - Mathematics | Topology - General |
| Dewey: 511.33 |
| LCCN: 2009933072 |
| Series: Anneli Lax New Mathematical Library |
| Physical Information: 293 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The familiar plane geometry of secondary school - figures composed of lines and circles - takes on a new life when viewed as the study of properties that are preserved by special groups of transformations. No longer is there a single, universal geometry: different sets of transformations of the plane correspond to intriguing, disparate geometries. This book is the concluding Part IV of Geometric Transformations, but it can be studied independently of Parts I, II, and III. The present Part IV develops the geometry of transformations of the plane that map circles to circles (conformal or anallagmatic geometry). The notion of inversion, or reflection in a circle, is the key tool employed. Applications include ruler-and-compass constructions and the Poincare model of hyperbolic geometry. The straightforward, direct presentation assumes only some background in elementary geometry and trigonometry." |
Contributor Bio(s): Yaglom, I. M.: - I. M. Yaglom authored many books which have since become academic standards of reference. These include Complex Numbers in Geometry, Geometric Transformations, A Simple Non-Euclidean Geometry and its Physical Basis, and Probability and Information. He was Professor of Mathematics at Yaroslavl State University from 1974 83 and a technical consultant at the Academy of Pedagogical Sciences from 1984 88.Shenitzer, Abe: - Abe Shenitzer has translated many mathematics classics (from German, Polish and Russian into English). He retired in 1989 from York University, where he had been Professor of Mathematics since 1969. |