Geometry: A Comprehensive Course (Dover Books on Mathematics) - Softcover

Pedoe, Dan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486658120 ISBN 13: 9780486658124

Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., 1989

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :1988-12-01 Pages: 464 Language: English Publisher: Dover Publications A lucid and masterly survey - Mathematics Gazette Professor Pedoe is widely known as a fine teacher and a fine geometer His abilities in both areas are clearly.. evident in this self-contained. well-written. and lucid introduction to the scope and methods of elementary geometry. It covers the geometry usually included in undergraduate courses in mathematics. except for the theory of convex sets. Based on a course given by the author for several years at the University of Minnesota. the main purpose of the book is to increase geometrical. and therefore mathematical. understanding and to help students enjoy geometry Among the topics discussed:. the use of vectors and their products in work on Desargues and Pappus theorem and the nine-point circle; circles and coaxal systems; the represen...

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0486658120
• ISBN 13: 9780486658124
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 464