Modern geometry with applications

Author(s)

• Jennings, George A

Bibliographic Information

Modern geometry with applications

George A. Jennings

（Universitext）

Springer-Verlag, c1994

• : us
• : gw

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-184) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: us ISBN 9780387942223

Description

This introduction to modern geometry differs from other books in the field due to its emphasis on applications and its discussion of special relativity as a major example of a non-Euclidean geometry. Additionally, it covers the two important areas of non-Euclidean geometry, spherical geometry and projective geometry, as well as emphasising transformations, and conics and planetary orbits. Much emphasis is placed on applications throughout the book, which motivate the topics, and many additional applications are given in the exercises. It makes an excellent introduction for those who need to know how geometry is used in addition to its formal theory.

Table of Contents

• 1 Euclidean Geometry.- 1.1 Euclidean Space.- 1.2 Isometries and Congruence.- 1.3 Reflections in the Plane.- 1.4 Reflections in Space.- 1.5 Translations.- 1.6 Rotations.- 1.7 Applications and Examples.- 1.8 Some Key Results of High School Geometry: The Parallel Postulate, Angles of a Triangle, Similar Triangles, and the Pythagorean Theorem.- 1.9 SSS, ASA, and SAS.- 1.10 The General Isometry.- 1.11 Appendix: The Planimeter.- 2 Spherical Geometry.- 2.1 Geodesics.- 2.2 Geodesics on Spheres.- 2.3 The Six Angles of a Spherical Triangle.- 2.4 The Law of Cosines for Sides.- 2.5 The Dual Spherical Triangle.- 2.6 The Law of Cosines for Angles.- 2.7 The Law of Sines for Spherical Triangles.- 2.8 Navigation Problems.- 2.9 Mapmaking.- 2.10 Applications of Stereographic Projection.- 3 Conics.- 3.1 Conic Sections.- 3.2 Foci of Ellipses and Hyperbolas.- 3.3 Eccentricity and Directrix
• the Focus of a Parabola.- 3.4 Tangent Lines.- 3.5 Focusing Properties of Conics.- 3.6 Review Exercises: Standard Equations for Smooth Conics.- 3.7 LORAN Navigation.- 3.8 Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion.- 3.9 Appendix: Reduction of a Quadratic Equation to Standard Form.- 4 Projective Geometry.- 4.1 Perspective Drawing.- 4.2 Projective Space.- 4.3 Desargues' Theorem.- 4.4 Cross Ratios.- 4.5 Projections in Coordinates.- 4.6 Homogeneous Coordinates and Duality.- 4.7 Homogeneous Polynomials, Algebraic Curves.- 4.8 Tangents.- 4.9 Dual Curves.- 4.10 Pascal's and Brianchon's Theorems.- 5 Special Relativity.- 5.1 Spacetime.- 5.2 Galilean Transformations.- 5.3 The Failure of the Galilean Transformations.- 5.4 Lorentz Transformations.- 5.5 Relativistic Addition of Velocities.- 5.6 Lorentz-FitzGerald Contractions1.- 5.7 Minkowski Geometry.- 5.8 The Slowest Path is a Line.- 5.9 Hyperbolic Angles and the Velocity Addition Formula.- 5.10 Appendix: Circular and Hyperbolic Functions.- References.

Volume

: gw ISBN 9783540942221

Description

This is a thorough analysis of the fundamentals of plane geometry - Euclidean, spherical and projective. The reader is provided with an abundance of geometrical facts such as classical results of plane Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry investigation of conic sections, projective spaces, Galilean transformations, Lorentz transformations, and Minkowskii geometry. The author considers a range of interesting problems which one meets in real life - the number of images one sees in a pair of mirrors, how to detect the position of an enemy ship from two different listening posts and the distance between two cities knowing their latitude and longitude.

Table of Contents

Foreword.- Euclidean Geometry.- Spherical Geometry.- Conics.- Projective Geometry.- Special Relativity.- References.- Index.

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Details

• NCID: BA22979723
• ISBN:
  • 038794222X
  • 354094222X
• LCCN: 93027818
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York ; Berlin
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 187 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QA473
  • DC20 : 516/.02
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Geometry, Modern
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00021004