Flatland: An Edition with Notes and Commentary (Spectrum) - Softcover

Abbott, Edwin A.; Lindgren, William F.; Banchoff, Thomas F.

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9780521759946: Flatland: An Edition with Notes and Commentary (Spectrum)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521759943 ISBN 13: 9780521759946
Publisher: American Mathematical Society, 2009

Synopsis

This is a fully annotated edition of Edwin Abbott Abbott's classic work Flatland. Including mathematical notes and historical notes that show connections to late-Victorian England and to classical Greece, citations from Abbott's other writings, and commentary on language and literary style enhance the usefulness of Flatland as an elementary introduction to higher-dimensional geometry.

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About the Authors

William F. Lindgren is a Professor of Mathematics at Slippery Rock University. He is the author of Quasi-Uniform Spaces (1982) with Peter Fletcher and has given many talks about Flatland at various conferences, including the Joint Meetings of the AMS/MAA.

Thomas F. Banchoff is a Professor of Mathematics at Brown University. He is the author of Beyond the Third Dimension and Linear Algebra Through Geometry (with John Wermer) and the editor of a reprint of Henry P. Manning's The Fourth Dimension Simply Explained.

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Publisher
American Mathematical Society
Publication date
2009
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521759943
ISBN 13 
9780521759946
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
306
Rating
  • 3.81 out of 5 stars
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