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Record Nr.

UNINA9910698649203321

Autore

Sheydvasser Arseniy

Titolo

Linear fractional transformations : an illustrated introduction / / Arseniy Sheydvasser

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

9783031250026

9783031250019

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (242 pages)

Collana

Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics, , 2197-5604

Disciplina

516.1

Soggetti

Transformations (Mathematics)

Transformacions (Matemàtica)

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Motivation -- I Euclidean and Inversive Geometry -- Euclidean Isometries and Similarities -- Inversive Geometry -- Applications of Inversive Geometry -- II Non-Euclidean Geometry -- Spherical Geometry -- Appendix: Set Theory.

Sommario/riassunto

The principle aim of this unique text is to illuminate the beauty of the subject both with abstractions like proofs and mathematical text, and with visuals, such as abundant illustrations and diagrams. With few mathematical prerequisites, geometry is presented through the lens of linear fractional transformations. The exposition is motivational and the well-placed examples and exercises give students ample opportunity to pause and digest the material. The subject builds from the fundamentals of Euclidean geometry, to inversive geometry, and, finally, to hyperbolic geometry at the end. Throughout, the author aims to express the underlying philosophy behind the definitions and mathematical reasoning. This text may be used as primary for an undergraduate geometry course or a freshman seminar in geometry, or as supplemental to instructors in their undergraduate courses in complex analysis, algebra, and number theory. There are elective courses that bring together seemingly disparate topics and this text



would be a welcome accompaniment.