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Geometry and discrete mathematics : Peter Crippin, Jock MacKay, Neal Reid

By: Crippin Peter.
Contributor(s): Gaglione, Anthony M [author.] | Moldenhauer, Anja [author.] | Fine, Benjamin, 1948-. Algebra and number theory.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: De Gruyter textbook.Publisher: Canada Harcourt Canada Ltd 2002Description: xvi, 568p ill; 24 cm.ISBN: 0-7747-1456-5; 3110521458 (print : alk. paper).Subject(s): Geometry -- Textbooks | Computer science -- Mathematics -- Textbooks
Contents:
Geometry and geometric ideas -- Isometries in Euclidean vector spaces and their classication in Rn -- The conic sections -- Special groups of planar isometries -- Graph theory -- Linear fractional transformation and planar hyperbolic geometry -- Combinatorics and combinatorial problems -- Finite probability theory and Bayesian analysis -- Boolean lattices, boolean algebras and Stone's theorem.
Summary: "This two-volume set collects and presents the fundamentals of mathematics in an exciting and pedagogically sound way. The present volume examines the most important basic results in geometry and discrete mathematics, along with their proofs, and also their history"--
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General Circulation Books General Circulation Books Non-fiction QA445.F75 2002 (Browse shelf) Available MA
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Algebra and number theory : a selection of highlights, companion volume to: Geometry and discrete mathematics : a selection of highlights.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Geometry and geometric ideas -- Isometries in Euclidean vector spaces and their classication in Rn -- The conic sections -- Special groups of planar isometries -- Graph theory -- Linear fractional transformation and planar hyperbolic geometry -- Combinatorics and combinatorial problems -- Finite probability theory and Bayesian analysis -- Boolean lattices, boolean algebras and Stone's theorem.

"This two-volume set collects and presents the fundamentals of mathematics in an exciting and pedagogically sound way. The present volume examines the most important basic results in geometry and discrete mathematics, along with their proofs, and also their history"--

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