Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Prolegomena -- SECTION I IDEAS -- CHAPTER 1 The nature of mathematics -- 1.1 MATHEMATICS IN HISTORY -- 1.2 MATHEMATICS TODAY -- 1.3 THE SCOPE OF MATHEMATICS -- 1.4 WHAT THEY (PRO…
"Algebra & Geometry: An Introduction to University Mathematics provides a bridge between high school and undergraduate mathematics courses on algebra and geometry. The author shows how mathematics is more than a collection of methods by presenting important ideas and their histo…
"Algebra & Geometry: An Introduction to University Mathematics provides a bridge between high school and undergraduate mathematics courses on algebra and geometry. The author shows how mathematics is more than a collection of methods by presenting important ideas and their histo…
Symmetry is one of the most important organising principles in the natural sciences. The mathematical theory of symmetry has long been associated with group theory, but it is a basic premise of this book that there are aspects of symmetry which are more faithfully represented by…