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Dunajski, Maciej

 
9780199683680: Geometry: A Very Short Introduction
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ISBN 10 : 0199683689 ISBN 13 : 9780199683680
Editeur : Oxford University Press, 2022

Synopsis

The study of geometry is at least 2500 years old, and it is within this field that the concept of mathematical proof - deductive reasoning from a set of axioms - first arose. To this day geometry remains a very active area of research in mathematics.

This Very Short Introduction covers the areas of mathematics falling under geometry, starting with topics such as Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries, and ranging to curved spaces, projective geometry in Renaissance art, and geometry of space-time inside a black hole. Starting from the basics, Maciej Dunajski proceeds from concrete examples (of mathematical objects like Platonic solids, or theorems like the Pythagorean theorem) to general principles. Throughout, he outlines the role geometry plays in the broader context of science and art.


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À propos de l?auteur

Maciej Dunajski is a Fellow of Clare College <http://www.clare.cam.ac.uk/Home/>, and a Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are Differential and Projective Geometry, Solitons, and General Theory of Relativity. In 2021 he was awarded the Atiyah Fellowship by the London Mathematical Society. He is the author of Solitons, Instantons, and Twistors, (OUP, 2009).


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Éditeur
Oxford University Press
Date d'édition
2022
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0199683689
ISBN 13 
9780199683680
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Nombre de pages
176
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