Geometry: Euclid and Beyond / Edition 1

by Robin Hartshorne

Overview

This book offers a unique opportunity to understand the essence of one of the great thinkers of western civilization. A guided reading of Euclid's Elements leads to a critical discussion and rigorous modern treatment of Euclid's geometry and its more recent descendants, with complete proofs. Topics include the introduction of coordinates, the theory of area, geometrical constructions and finite field extensions, history of the parallel postulate, the various non-Euclidean geometries, and the regular and semi-regular polyhedra. The text is intended for junior- to senior-level mathematics majors. Robin Hartshorne is a professor of mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley, and is the author of Foundations of Projective Geometry (Benjamin, 1967) and Algebraic Geometry (Springer, 1977).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441931450
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	12/15/2010
Series:	Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	528
Sales rank:	722,668
Product dimensions:	6.70(w) x 9.80(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

1. Euclid’s Geometry.- 2. Hilbert’s Axioms.- 3. Geometry over Fields.- 4. Segment Arithmetic.- 5. Area.- 6. Construction Problems and Field Extensions.- 7. Non-Euclidean Geometry.- 8. Polyhedra.- Appendix: Brief Euclid.- Notes.- References.- List of Axioms.- Index of Euclid’s Propositions.