Prelude to mathematics
by Sawyer, W. W., (Walter Warwick)
This lively, stimulating account of non-Euclidean geometry by a noted mathematician covers matrices, determinants, group theory, and many other related topics, with an emphasis on the subject's novel, striking aspects.
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- Full title :Prelude to mathematics / by W.W. Sawyer.
Summary
This lively, stimulating account of non-Euclidean geometry by a noted mathematician covers matrices, determinants, group theory, and many other related topics, with an emphasis on the subject's novel, striking aspects.
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- Publication Date:1982.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Dover Publications
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1982.
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books, 1955. (A Pelican book ; A327) With new section.
The Physical Object
- Description:218 pages : : illustrations ; : 22 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0486244016, 9780486244013
- oclc:ocm08474063
- LC Classification:QA39.2
- Dewey Decimal:510
Table of Contents
On beauty and power -- What are the qualities of a mathematician? -- Pattern in elementary mathematics -- Generalization in elementary mathematics -- On unification -- Geometries other than Euclid’s -- Algebra without arithmetic -- Matrix algebra -- Determinants -- Projective geometry -- On apparent impossibilities -- On transformations -- Finite arithmetics and geometries -- On groups.
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