Geometry by its history
Alexander Ostermann (Author), Gerhard Wanner (Author)
In this textbook the authors present first-year geometry roughly in the order in which it was discovered. The first five chapters show how the ancient Greeks established geometry, together with its numerous practical applications, while more recent findings on Euclidian geometry are discussed as well.
xii, 437 sider : ill. (nogle i farver)
9783642444692, 3642444695
1197630136
Indhold: Part 1: Classical geometry (Thales and Pythagoras ; The Elements of Euclid ; Conic sections ; Further results in Euclidean geometry ; Trigonometry) ; Part 2: Analytic geometry (Descartes' geometry ; Cartesian coordinates : To be constructible, or not to be ; Spatial geometry and vector algebra ; Matrices and linear mappings ; Projective geometry ; Solutions to the exercises)