n-gons (Paperback)

This book, a translation of the German volume n-Ecke, presents an elegant geometric theory which, starting from quite elementary geometrical observations, exhibits an interesting connection between geometry and fundamental ideas of modern algebra in a form that is easily accessible to the student who lacks a sophisticated background in mathematics. It stimulates geometrical thought by applying the tools of linear algebra and the algebra of polynomials to a concrete geometrical situation to reveal some rather surprising insights into the geometry of n-gons. The twelve chapters treat n-gons, classes of n-gons, and mapping of the set of n-gons into itself. Exercises are included throughout, and two appendixes, by Henner Kinder and Eckart Schmidt, provide background material on lattices and cyclotomic polynomials. (Mathematical Expositions No. 18)

General

Imprint:	University of Toronto Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Heritage
Release date:	December 1975
First published:	1975
Authors:	Friedrich Bachmann • Eckart Schmidt
Translators:	Cyril Garner
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-1-4426-5154-8
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Algebra > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Calculus & mathematical analysis > Vector & tensor analysis Books > Science & Mathematics > Mathematics > Geometry > Algebraic geometry
LSN:	1-4426-5154-7
Barcode:	9781442651548

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