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Geometries and transformations / Norman W. Johnson, Wheaton College.

By: Johnson, Norman W, 1930- [author.].
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2016Description: xv, 438 pages; PDS 59.99 ill.; 24 cms.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781107103405 (hardback).Subject(s): Geometry -- Textbooks | MATHEMATICS / TopologyDDC classification: 516 Other classification: MAT038000
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Homogenous spaces; 2. Linear geometries; 3. Circular geometries; 4. Real collineation groups; 5. Equiareal collineations; 6. Real isometry groups; 7. Complex spaces; 8. Complex collineation groups; 9. Circularities and concatenations; 10. Unitary isometry groups; 11. Finite symmetry groups; 12. Euclidean symmetry groups; 13. Hyperbolic coxeter groups; 14. Modular transformations; 15. Quaternionic modular groups.
Summary: "Euclidean and other geometries are distinguished by the transformations that preserve their essential properties. Using linear algebra and transformation groups, this book provides a readable exposition of how these classical geometries are both differentiated and connected. Following Cayley and Klein, the book builds on projective and inversive geometry to construct 'linear' and 'circular' geometries, including classical real metric spaces like Euclidean, hyperbolic, elliptic, and spherical, as well as their unitary counterparts. The first part of the book deals with the foundations and general properties of the various kinds of geometries. The latter part studies discrete-geometric structures and their symmetries in various spaces. Written for graduate students, the book includes numerous exercises and covers both classical results and new research in the field. An understanding of analytic geometry, linear algebra, and elementary group theory is assumed"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. Homogenous spaces; 2. Linear geometries; 3. Circular geometries; 4. Real collineation groups; 5. Equiareal collineations; 6. Real isometry groups; 7. Complex spaces; 8. Complex collineation groups; 9. Circularities and concatenations; 10. Unitary isometry groups; 11. Finite symmetry groups; 12. Euclidean symmetry groups; 13. Hyperbolic coxeter groups; 14. Modular transformations; 15. Quaternionic modular groups.

"Euclidean and other geometries are distinguished by the transformations that preserve their essential properties. Using linear algebra and transformation groups, this book provides a readable exposition of how these classical geometries are both differentiated and connected. Following Cayley and Klein, the book builds on projective and inversive geometry to construct 'linear' and 'circular' geometries, including classical real metric spaces like Euclidean, hyperbolic, elliptic, and spherical, as well as their unitary counterparts. The first part of the book deals with the foundations and general properties of the various kinds of geometries. The latter part studies discrete-geometric structures and their symmetries in various spaces. Written for graduate students, the book includes numerous exercises and covers both classical results and new research in the field. An understanding of analytic geometry, linear algebra, and elementary group theory is assumed"-- Provided by publisher.