The Real Projective Plane - Couverture rigide

Coxeter, H.S.M.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0387978895 ISBN 13 : 9780387978895

Editeur : Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 1992

Synopsis

Along with many small improvements, this revised edition contains van Yzeren's new proof of Pascal's theorem (§1.7) and, in Chapter 2, an improved treatment of order and sense. The Sylvester-Gallai theorem, instead of being introduced as a curiosity, is now used as an essential step in the theory of harmonic separation (§3.34). This makes the logi- cal development self-contained: the footnotes involving the References (pp. 214-216) are for comparison with earlier treatments, and to give credit where it is due, not to fill gaps in the argument. H.S.M.C. November 1992 v Preface to the Second Edition Why should one study the real plane? To this question, put by those who advocate the complex plane, or geometry over a general field, I would reply that the real plane is an easy first step. Most of the prop- erties are closely analogous, and the real field has the advantage of intuitive accessibility. Moreover, real geometry is exactly what is needed for the projective approach to non- Euclidean geometry. Instead of introducing the affine and Euclidean metrics as in Chapters 8 and 9, we could just as well take the locus of 'points at infinity' to be a conic, or replace the absolute involution by an absolute polarity.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0387978895
• ISBN 13: 9780387978895
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 241
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