An Elementary Course in Synthetic Projective Geometry

by Derrick Norman Lehmer, New Century Books (Editor)

Overview

The following course is intended to give, in as simple a way as possible, the essentials of synthetic projective geometry. While, in the main, the theory is developed along the well-beaten track laid out by the great masters of the subject, it is believed that there has been a slight smoothing of the road in some places. Especially will this be observed in the chapter on Involution. The author has never felt satisfied with the usual treatment of that subject by means of circles and anharmonic ratios. A purely projective notion ought not to be based on metrical foundations. Metrical developments should be made there, as elsewhere in the theory, by the introduction of infinitely distant elements.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011906121
Publisher:	New Century Books
Publication date:	12/11/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	247,701
File size:	68 KB