1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996216462803316

Titolo

Nexus network journal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Houston, TX, : Kim Williams, 1999-

ISSN

1522-4600

Descrizione fisica

Online resource

Disciplina

700

Soggetti

Architectural design

Architecture - Mathematics

Mathematics

Periodicals.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

"Architecture and mathematics online."



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910254299903321

Titolo

Mathematical Models : From the Collections of Universities and Museums – Photograph Volume and Commentary  / / edited by Gerd Fischer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wiesbaden : , : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : , : Imprint : Springer Spektrum, , 2017

ISBN

3-658-18865-0

Edizione

[2nd ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 216 p. 220 illus., 9 illus. in color.)

Disciplina

510

Soggetti

Mathematics

Mathematics, general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Elementary Analytic Geometry -- Algebraic Surfaces -- Differential Geometry -- Convex Bodies of Constant Width -- Regular Star-Polyhedra -- Models of the Real Projective Plane -- Functions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents beautiful photos of mathematical models of geometric surfaces made from a variety of materials including plaster, metal, paper, wood, and string. The construction of these models at the time (of Felix Klein and others) was not an end in itself, but was accompanied by mathematical research especially in the field of algebraic geometry. The models were used to illustrate the mathematical objects defined by abstract formulas, either as equations or parameterizations. In the second part of the book, the models are explained by experts in the field of geometry. This book is a reprint thirty years after the original publication in 1986 with a new preface by Gert-Martin Greuel. The models have a timeless appeal and a historical value. The Editor Prof. Dr. Gerd Fischer, Department of Mathematics, Technical University of Munich.