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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465753103321

Autore

I͡Aglom I. M (Isaak Moiseevich), <1921-1988.>

Titolo

Geometric transformations [[electronic resource] ] . II / / by I.M. Yaglom ; translated by A. Shenitzer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Mathematical Association of America, 1968

ISBN

0-88385-936-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 p.)

Collana

Anneli Lax new mathematical library ; ; 21

Altri autori (Persone)

ShenitzerAbe

Disciplina

516.1

Soggetti

Inversions (Geometry)

Geometry, Modern

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Cover""; ""Title page ""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Note to the Reader""; ""Contents""; ""Translator�s Preface""; ""From the Author�s Preface""; ""Introduction. What is Geometry?""; ""Chapter I. Classification of Similarity Transformations""; ""1. Central similarity (homothety)""; ""2. Spiral similarity and dilative reflection. Directly similar and oppositely similar figures""; ""Chapter II. Further Applications of Isometries and Similarities""; ""1. Systems of mutually similar figures""; ""2. Applications of isometries and of similarities to the solution of maximum-minimum problems""

""Solutions.""""Chapter One. Classification of similarities""; ""Chapter Two. Further applications of isometries and similarities""

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the sequel to Geometric Transformation I which appeared in this series in 1962. Part 1 treats length-preserving transformation (called isometries), this volume treats shape-preserving transformations (called similarities); and Part III treats affine and protective transformations. These classes of transformation play a fundamental role in the group-theoretic approach to geometry.   As in the previous volume, the treatment is direct and simple. The introduction of each new idea is supplemented by problems whose solutions employ the idea just presented, and whose detailed solutions are given in the second half of the book.