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- Provides a self-contained and easy-to-read introduction to projective geometry
- Compares and contrasts both analytic and synthetic methods
- Makes accessible subjects and theorems which are often considered quite complicated
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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“Here, readers meet a slice of geometry, intermediate between elementary Euclidean and modern algebraic, where first come the objects, extraordinary, surprising, and intriguing. By meeting and literally seeing these special objects, specifically linear configurations and various projective varieties of low dimension and low degree, undergraduates can--perhaps for the first time--really experience mathematics as a phenomenological science. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty.” (D. V. Feldman, Choice, Vol. 51 (2), October, 2013)
“The book under review presents an introduction to projective geometry as well as some preliminary results on algebraic geometry and finite geometries. … This is a well-illustrated, self-contained textbook on projective geometry. Both the basics and the significant facts are presented in an original manner. The book is intended for undergraduate students in mathematics and computer science.” (Georgi Hristov Georgiev, Mathematical Reviews, September, 2013)
“The author wanted to convey some of the fascination he feels for the subject. … Nice figures, some in color, illustrate perspective. … this is a nice introduction for those with an interest in geometry.” (Arthur Gittleman, Computing Reviews, July, 2013)Authors and Affiliations
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Book Title: Symmetry and Pattern in Projective Geometry
Authors: Eric Lord
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4631-5
Publisher: Springer London
eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag London 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4471-4630-8Published: 14 December 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4471-4631-5Published: 14 December 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 184
Number of Illustrations: 83 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour
Topics: Projective Geometry, Symbolic and Algebraic Manipulation, Mathematics, general