Revolutions of Geometry Book and Solutions Set (Pure and Applied Mathematics: A Wiley Series of Texts, Monographs and Tracts)

Revolutions of Geometry Book and Solutions Set (Pure and Applied Mathematics: A Wiley Series of Texts, Monographs and Tracts) image
ISBN-10:

1118064828

ISBN-13:

9781118064825

Edition: 1
Released: Jan 04, 2011
Publisher: wiley
Format: Hardcover, 758 pages
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Description:

A text for a junior and senior level courses in modern geometryand/or history of mathematics for mathematics majors as well assecondary education students (this book meets the state geometrystandards for California, Florida, Illinois, New York, andTexas).  A prerequisite for this book includes completion ofthe introductory calculus sequence.  While there is minimalcalculus content in the book, the study of proofs does becomerather involved.•Highlights from the history of geometry are intertwined withexplanations on how to read and write proofs.•This is the first book to present the works of Euclid andHilbert in addition to other geometers in chronological order, allin an effort to show how the subject matter developed overtime.•Hints and both partial and complete solutions are includedat the end of the book as an aid for selected exercises.•This book develops ideas with careful attention to logic andfollows the development of the field through time.•An Instructor's Solutions Manual is available uponrequest.











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