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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465756103321

Autore

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

Titolo

Geometric transformations [[electronic resource] ] . III / / by I.M. Yaglom ; translated from the Russian by A. Shenitzer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Mathematical Association of America, 1973

ISBN

0-88385-939-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Anneli Lax new mathematical library ; ; 24

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""; ""Contents""; ""Translator�s Preface""; ""From the Author�s Preface""; ""Introduction. What is Geometry? (Final Essay)""; ""Chapter I. Affine and Projective Transformations (Affinities and Projectivities)""; ""1. Parallel projection of a plane onto a plane. Affine transformations of the plane""; ""2. Central projection of a plane onto a plane. Projective transformations of a plane""; ""3. Central projections which carry a circle into a circle. Stereographic projections""

""4. Reciprocation (polarity) of the plane. Principle of duality""""5. Projective transformation of a line and a circle. Straightedge construction""; ""Supplement.""; ""Non-Euclidean Geometry of Lobachevsky-Bolyai (Hyperbolic Geometry)""; ""Solutions.""; ""Chapter One. Affine and projective transformations""; ""Supplement. Hyperbolic geometry""

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the sequel to Geometric Transformations I and II, volumes 8 and 21 in this series, but can be studies independently. It is devoted to the treatment of affine and projective transformations of the plane these transformations include the congruencies and similarities investigated in the previous volumes. The simple text and the many problems are designed mainly to show how the principles of affine and projective geometry may be used to furnish relatively simple solutions of large classes of problems in elementary geometry, including some



straight edge construction problems. In the Supplement, the reader is introduced to hyperbolic geometry. The latter part of the book consists of detailed solutions of the problems posed throughout the text.