N-gons / / Friedrich Bachmann and Eckart Schmidt ; translated by Cyril W. L. Garner

• Autore: Bachmann Friedrich <1909-1982, >
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1975; ©1975
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 p.)
• Disciplina: 516/.22
• Soggetto topico: Polygons; Set theory
• Persona (resp. second.): SchmidtEckart; GarnerC. W. L <1940-, > (Cyril William Luther)
• Note generali: Translation of: N-Ecke.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- PART I: Cyclic classes and cyclic mappings -- PART II: The main theorem -- PART III: Boolean algebras of n-gonal theory -- PART IV: Atomic decompositions -- Appendices -- List of symbols and notations.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book, a translation of the German volume n-Ecke, presents an elegant geometric theory which, starting from quite elementary geometrical observations, exhibits an interesting connection between geometry and fundamental ideas of modern algebra in a form that is easily accessible to the student who lacks a sophisticated background in mathematics. It stimulates geometrical thought by applying the tools of linear algebra and the algebra of polynomials to a concrete geometrical situation to reveal some rather surprising insights into the geometry of n-gons. The twelve chapters treat n-gons, classes of n-gons, and mapping of the set of n-gons into itself. Exercises are included throughout, and two appendixes, by Henner Kinder and Eckart Schmidt, provide background material on lattices and cyclotomic polynomials.(Mathematical Expositions No. 18).
• Titolo autorizzato: N-gons
• ISBN: 1-4426-5644-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910797242403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Mathematical expositions ; ; Number 18.