Geometry : Plane and Fancy, Paperback by Singer, David A., Like New Used, Fre...
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Geometry : Plane and Fancy, Paperback by Singer, David A., Like New Used, Fre.... Interesting problems are scattered throughout the text. While many concepts introduced are advanced, the mathematical techniques are not. Geometry : Plane and Fancy, Paperback by Singer, David A., ISBN 1461268370, ISBN-13 9781461268376, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US A fascinating tour through parts of geometry students are unlikely to see in the rest of their studies while, at the same time, anchoring their excursions to the well known parallel postulate of Euclid. The author shows how alternatives to Euclids fifth postulate lead to interesting and different patterns and symmetries, and, in the process of examining geometric objects, the author incorporates the algebra of complex and hypercomplex numbers, some graph theory, and some topology. Interesting problems are scattered throughout the text. Nevertheless, th merely assumes a course in Euclidean geometry at high school level. While many concepts introduced are advanced, the mathematical techniques are not. Singers lively exposition and off-beat approach will greatly appeal both to students and mathematicians, and the contents of th can be covered in a one-semester course, perhaps as a sequel to a Euclidean geometry course.
