The Elements Of Non-Euclidean Geometry
by Julian Lowell Coolidge
Publisher: Oxford At The Clarendon Press 1909
ISBN/ASIN: 1603861491
Number of pages: 282
Description:
Chapters Include: Foundation For Metrical Geometry In A Limited Region; Congruent Transformations; The Three Hypotheses; The Introduction Of Trigonometric Formulae; Analytic Formulae; Consistency And Significance Of The Axioms; The Geometric And Analytic Extension Of Space; The Groups Of Congruent Transformations; Point, Line, And Plane Treated Analytically; The Higher Line Geometry; The Circle And The Sphere; Conic Sections; Quadric Surfaces; Areas And Volumes; Introduction To Differential Geometry; etc.
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