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Geometry

The Line and the Circle
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Geometry: The Line and the Circle is an undergraduate text with a strong narrative that is written at the appropriate level of rigor for an upper-level survey or axiomatic course in geometry. Starting with Euclid's Elements, the book connects topics in Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry in an intentional and meaningful way, with historical context. The line and the circle are the principal characters driving the narrative. In every geometry considered--which include spherical, hyperbolic, and taxicab, as well as finite affine and projective geometries--these two objects are analyzed and highlighted. Along the way, the reader contemplates fundamental questions such as: What is a straight line? What does parallel mean? What is distance? What is area? There is a strong focus on axiomatic structures throughout the text. While Euclid is a constant inspiration and the Elements is repeatedly revisited with substantial coverage of Books I, II, III, IV, and VI, non-Euclidean geometries are introduced very early to give the reader perspective on questions of axiomatics. Rounding out the thorough coverage of axiomatics are concluding chapters on transformations and constructability. The book is compulsively readable with great attention paid to the historical narrative and hundreds of attractive problems.
Maureen T. Carroll, University of Scranton, PA. Elyn Rykken, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, PA.
The line and the circle Euclid's Elements: Definitions and axioms Book I of Euclid's Elements: Neutral geometry Spherical geometry Taxicab geometry Hilbert and Godel Book I: Non-Neutral geometry Book II: Geometric algebra Book VI: Similarity Book III: Circles Book IV: Circles & polygons Models for the hyperbolic plane Axiomatic hyperbolic geometry Finite geometries Isometries Constructibility Appendix A: Euclid's definitions and axioms Appendix B: Euclid's propositions Appendix C: Visual guide to Euclid's propositions Appendix D: Euclid's proofs Hilbert's axioms for plane Euclidean geometry Credits, permissions and acknowledgments Bibliography Notation index Index.
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