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9780716724469

Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometries: Development and History

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  • ISBN13:

    9780716724469

  • ISBN10:

    0716724464

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1993-07-15
  • Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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Summary

This text presents the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry and the reformulation of the foundations of Euclidean geometry - an excellent discussion of the history of ideas.

Table of Contents

  1. Euclid's Geometry
  2. Logic and Incidence Geometry
  3. Hilbert's Axioms
  4. Neutral Geometries
  5. History of the Parallel Postulate
  6. The Discovery of Non-Euclidean Geometry
  7. Independence of the Parallel Postulate
  8. Philosophical Implications
  
  Review Exercises
  Some Topics for Essays
  Index
    

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