Classical Geometries in Modern Contexts: Geometry of Real Inner Product Spaces Third Edition

Author:   Walter Benz
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   3rd ed. 2012
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9783034804196


Pages:   310
Publication Date:   14 August 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Walter Benz
Publisher:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Imprint:   Birkhauser Verlag AG
Edition:   3rd ed. 2012
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9783034804196


ISBN 10:   3034804199
Pages:   310
Publication Date:   14 August 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface.- 1 Translation Groups.- 2 Euclidean and Hyperbolic Geometry.- 3 Sphere Geometries of Möbius and Lie.- 4 Lorentz Transformations.- 5 δ–Projective Mappings, Isomorphism Theorems.- 6 Planes of Leibniz, Lines of Weierstrass, Varia.- A Notation and symbols.- B Bibliography.- Index.

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The precise and clear style of the presented matter enables the reader (with some basic knowledge) to obtain some profound insight into this field of geometry. [...] The book can be recommended to students and teachers who want to get into the state of the art of this theory. Review of the 2nd edition by O. Roschel (Graz) Internationale Mathematische Nachrichten Nr. 212, Dez. 2009 [...] The book on the one hand brings together many elder results scattered through the literature and on the other hand leads to the frontier of research. Thus it is highly welcomed and can be recommended warmly to anyone interested in this topic. Review of the first edition by G. Kowol, Vienna Monatshefte fur Mathematik Vol. 150, No. 3/2007 ... The mathematical prerequisites are minimal - the rudiments of linear algebra suffice - and all theorems are proved in detail. Following the proofs does not involve more than following the lines of a computation, and the author makes every effort to avoid referring to a synthetic geometric understanding, given that he aims at attracting readers with a distaste for synthetic geometry, which, given the academic curricula of the past decades, represent the overwhelming majority of potential readers of any mathematical monograph. One of the lessons of this monograph is that there is a coordinate-free analytic geometry, which significantly simplifies computations and frees the mind from redundant assumptions. the author makes every effort to avoid referring to a synthetic geometric understanding, given that he aims at attracting readers with a distaste for synthetic geometry, which, given the academic curricula of the past decades, represent the overwhelming majority of potential readers of any mathematical monograph. One of the lessons of this monograph is that there is a coordinate-free analytic geometry, which significantly simplifies computations and frees the mind from redundant assumptions. ... Review of the first edition by Victor V. Pambuccian, Mathematical Reviews 2006


"The precise and clear style of the presented matter enables the reader (with some basic knowledge) to obtain some profound insight into this field of geometry. [...] The book can be recommended to students and teachers who want to get into the state of the art of this theory. Review of the 2nd edition by O. Röschel (Graz) Internationale Mathematische Nachrichten Nr. 212, Dez. 2009 [...] The book on the one hand brings together many elder results scattered through the literature and on the other hand leads to the frontier of research. Thus it is highly welcomed and can be recommended warmly to anyone interested in this topic. Review of the first edition by G. Kowol, Vienna Monatshefte für Mathematik Vol. 150, No. 3/2007 ""... The mathematical prerequisites are minimal - the rudiments of linear algebra suffice - and all theorems are proved in detail. Following the proofs does not involve more than following the lines of a computation, and the author makes every effort to avoid referring to a synthetic geometric understanding, given that he aims at attracting readers with a distaste for synthetic geometry, which, given the academic curricula of the past decades, represent the overwhelming majority of potential readers of any mathematical monograph. One of the lessons of this monograph is that there is a coordinate-free analytic geometry, which significantly simplifies computations and frees the mind from redundant assumptions. the author makes every effort to avoid referring to a synthetic geometric understanding, given that he aims at attracting readers with a distaste for synthetic geometry, which, given the academic curricula of the past decades, represent the overwhelming majority of potential readers of any mathematical monograph. One of the lessons of this monograph is that there is a coordinate-free analytic geometry, which significantly simplifies computations and frees the mind from redundant assumptions. ..."" Review of the first edition by Victor V. Pambuccian, Mathematical Reviews 2006"


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