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Book Overview
NUMBERS AND GEOMETRY is a beautiful and relatively elementary account of a part of mathematics where three main fields-algebra, analysis and geometry-meet. The aim of this book is to give a broad view of these subjects at the level of calculus, without being a calculus (or a pre- calculus) book. It can be read by any well prepared student entering university and will appeal to graduate students and researchers in mathematics.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1461268672
ISBN13:9781461268673
Release Date:September 2012
Publisher:Springer
Length:343 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
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A starting point for independent mathematical explorers
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This is a book on elementary mathematics that treats its readers as curious human beings rather than intellectually spineless fools that must be drilled. There are excellent explanations of a lot of mathematics--some common, some unusual--and there are exercises that are actually interesting. Even more important, I believe, is that it opens so many doors for further reading, not least in areas that many undergraduates never get to see: classical geometry, classical number theory, foundations, non-Euclidean geometry, elliptic curves, algebraic number theory, projective geometry, etc. Also unique is the way in which every topic comes with truly meaningful and interesting applications: complex numbers lead to Gaussian integers and Fermat's two squares theorem, conic sections lead to projective geometry, trigonometry leads to Dehn's solution of Hilbert's third problem, etc.
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