9780486409191-0486409198-The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays (Dover Books on Mathematics)

The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays (Dover Books on Mathematics)

ISBN-13: 9780486409191
ISBN-10: 0486409198
Edition: Dover ed
Author: H.S.M. Coxeter
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Dover Publications
Format: Paperback 288 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780486409191
ISBN-10: 0486409198
Edition: Dover ed
Author: H.S.M. Coxeter
Publication date: 1999
Publisher: Dover Publications
Format: Paperback 288 pages

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The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays (Dover Books on Mathematics) (ISBN-13: 9780486409191 and ISBN-10: 0486409198), written by authors H.S.M. Coxeter, was published by Dover Publications in 1999. With an overall rating of 3.7 stars, it's a notable title among other Geometry & Topology (Mathematics) books. You can easily purchase or rent The Beauty of Geometry: Twelve Essays (Dover Books on Mathematics) (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Geometry & Topology books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.66.

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Written by a distinguished mathematician, the dozen absorbing essays in this versatile volume offer both supplementary classroom material and pleasurable reading for the mathematically inclined.
The essays promise to encourage readers in the further study of elementary geometry, not just for its own sake, but also for its broader applications, which receive a full and engaging treatment. Beginning with an analytic approach, the author reviews the functions of Schlafli and Lobatschefsky and discusses number theory in a dissertation on integral Cayley numbers. A detailed examination of group theory includes discussion of Wythoff's construction for uniform polytopes, as well as a chapter on regular skew polyhedra in three and four dimensions and their topological analogues. A profile of self-dual configurations and regular graphs introduces elements of graph theory, followed up with a chapter on twelve points in PG (5, 3) with 95040 self-transformations. Discussion of an upper bound for the number of equal nonoverlapping spheres that can touch another same-sized sphere develops aspects of communication theory, while relativity theory is explored in a chapter on reflected light signals.
Additional topics include the classification of zonohedra by means of projective diagrams, arrangements of equal spheres in non-Euclidean spaces, and regular honeycombs in hyperbolic space. Stimulating and thought-provoking, this collection is sure to interest students, mathematicians, and any math buff with its lucid treatment of geometry and the crucial role geometry can play in a wide range of mathematical applications.

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