Geometries and Groups (Universitext; Springer Series in Soviet Mathematics) (English and Russian Edition) - Softcover

V.V. Nikulin And I.R. Shafarevich

 
9780387152813: Geometries and Groups (Universitext; Springer Series in Soviet Mathematics) (English and Russian Edition)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0387152814 ISBN 13: 9780387152813
Publisher: Springer Verlag, 1987

Synopsis

This is a quite exceptional book, a lively and approachable treatment of an important field of mathematics given in a masterly style. Assuming only a school background, the authors develop locally Euclidean geometries, going as far as the modular space of structures on the torus, treated in terms of Lobachevsky's non-Euclidean geometry. Each section is carefully motivated by discussion of the physical and general scientific implications of the mathematical argument, and its place in the history of mathematics and philosophy. The book is expected to find a place alongside classics such as Hilbert and Cohn-Vossen's "Geometry and the imagination" and Weyl's "Symmetry".

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Text: English, Russian (translation)

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Publisher
Springer Verlag
Publication date
1987
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0387152814
ISBN 13 
9780387152813
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
251

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