Geometry : a very short introduction /
"The study of geometry is at least 2500 years old, and it is within this field that the concept of mathematical proof--deductive reasoning from a set of axioms--first arose. To this day geometry remains a very active area of research in mathematics. This Very Short Introduction covers the areas...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2022.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | Very short introductions
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Table of Contents:
- 1 What is geometry? p. 1
- 2 Euclidean geometry p. 7
- 3 Non-Euclidean geometry p. 47
- 4 Geometry of curved spaces p. 66
- 5 Projective geometry p. 83
- 6 Other geometries p. 103
- 7 Geometry of the physical world p. 120.