Saul Stahl, University of Kansas, Catherine Stenson, Juniata College
PROJECTED PUBLICATION DATE
Date
1303
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvi, 512 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Pure and applied mathematics
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [497]-502) and index
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Presenting upper graduate level material in an accessible way for undergraduates, this Second Edition strikes a welcome balance between academic rigor and accessibility while covering an unparalleled range of topics, including the elements of projective geometry, conics and the applications and properties of conic selections, cross ratio points of infinity and fundamental transformations of projective geometry, the points of a homography/involution, and more. In addition, this comprehensive book includes numerous exercises and historical notes"--