Introduction to Geometry

H. S. M. Coxeter

ISBN 10: 0471504580 / ISBN 13: 9780471504580

Published by Wiley & Sons, 1991

About this Item

Neuware - This classic work is now available in an unabridged paperback edition. The Second Edition retains all the characterisitcs that made the first edition so popular: brilliant exposition, the flexibility permitted by relatively self-contained chapters, and broad coverage ranging from topics in the Euclidean plane, to affine geometry, projective geometry, differential geometry, and topology. The Second Edition incorporates improvements in the text and in some proofs, takes note of the solution of the 4-color map problem, and provides answers to most of the exercises.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Introduction to Geometry
• Publisher: Wiley & Sons
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471504580
• ISBN 13: 9780471504580
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

This classic work is now available in an unabridged paperback edition. The Second Edition retains all the characterisitcs that made the first edition so popular: brilliant exposition, the flexibility permitted by relatively self-contained chapters, and broad coverage ranging from topics in the Euclidean plane, to affine geometry, projective geometry, differential geometry, and topology. The Second Edition incorporates improvements in the text and in some proofs, takes note of the solution of the 4-color map problem, and provides answers to most of the exercises.

About the Author

Harold Scott MacDonald "Donald" Coxeter, FRS, FRSC, CC was a British-born Canadian geometer. Coxeter is regarded as one of the greatest geometers of the 20th century. He was born in London, received his BA and PhD from Cambridge, but lived in Canada from age 29.