Glimpses of algebra and geometry

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Glimpses of algebra and geometry

Gabor Toth

(Undergraduate texts in mathematics, . Reading in mathematics)

Springer, c2002

2nd ed

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Previous edition sold 2000 copies in 3 years; Explores the subtle connections between Number Theory, Classical Geometry and Modern Algebra; Over 180 illustrations, as well as text and Maple files, are available via the web facilitate understanding: http://mathsgi01.rutgers.edu/cgi-bin/wrap/gtoth/; Contains an insert with 4-color illustrations; Includes numerous examples and worked-out problems

目次

* 'A Number is a multitude composed of units' (Euclid) * '..there are no irrational numbers at all' (Kronecker) * Rationality, Elliptic Curves and Fermat's Last Theorem * Algebraic or Transcendential? * Complex Arithmetic * Quadratic, Cubic, and Quartic Equations * Stereographic Projection * Proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra * Symmetries of Regular Polygons * Discrete Subgroups of Iso(R^2) * Moebius Geometry * Complex Linear Fractional Transformations * 'Out of nothing I have created a new universe' (Bolyai) * Fuchsian Groups * Riemann Surfaces * General Surfaces * The Five Platonic Solids * Finite Moebius Groups * Detour in Topology: Euler-Poincare Characteristic * Detour in Graph Theory: Euler, Hamilton and the Four Color Theorem * Dimension Leap * Quaternions * Back to R^3! * Invariants * The Icosahedron and the Unsolvable Quintic * The Fourth Dimension * Appendices * Solutions for 100 Selected Problems * Index

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA57245464
  • ISBN
    • 0387953450
  • LCCN
    2001049269
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    New York
  • ページ数/冊数
    xxii, 450 p., [4] p. of plates
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
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