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Symmetry

Hans Walser

(MAA spectrum)

Mathematical Association of America, c2000

Other Title

Symmetrie

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"Translated from the original German by Peter Hilton, with the assisyance of Jean Pedersen"

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

We are all familiar with the everyday notion of two-sided symmetry, as viewed for example in the external form of the human body. But in its broadest interpretation symmetry is a property which involves regularity and repetition. In this sense symmetry can be found everywhere, especially in science and art. The aim of this book is to present selected examples of symmetry, drawn from a wide variety of topics, in a way that will be understandable to students and teachers of mathematics as well as to the interested layman.

Table of Contents

  • 1. Little mirror, little mirror
  • 2. Inside and outside
  • 3. Symmetric procedure
  • 4. Parquet floors, lattices and Pythagoras
  • 5. The problem of the centre
  • 6. Symmetry in word script and number.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA52425378
  • ISBN
    • 0883855321
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    ger
  • Place of Publication
    Washington
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 95 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
  • Parent Bibliography ID
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