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Projective Geometry / Tr. by S. Levy.
Pierre Samuel
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Description for Projective Geometry / Tr. by S. Levy.
Paperback. Translator(s): Levy, Silvio. Series: Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics / Readings in Mathematics. Num Pages: 166 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 270.
The purpose of this book is to revive some of the beautiful results obtained by various geometers of the 19th century, and to give its readers a taste of concrete algebraic geometry. A good deal of space is devoted to cross-ratios, conics, quadrics, and various interesting curves and surfaces. The fundamentals of projective geometry are efficiently dealt with by using a modest amount of linear algebra. An axiomatic characterization of projective planes is also given. While the topology of projective spaces over real and complex fields is described, and while the geometry of the complex projective libe is applied to ... Read more
The purpose of this book is to revive some of the beautiful results obtained by various geometers of the 19th century, and to give its readers a taste of concrete algebraic geometry. A good deal of space is devoted to cross-ratios, conics, quadrics, and various interesting curves and surfaces. The fundamentals of projective geometry are efficiently dealt with by using a modest amount of linear algebra. An axiomatic characterization of projective planes is also given. While the topology of projective spaces over real and complex fields is described, and while the geometry of the complex projective libe is applied to ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
166
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Series
Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics / Readings in Mathematics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
156
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387967523
SKU
V9780387967523
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99-15
Reviews for Projective Geometry / Tr. by S. Levy.
From the reviews: "...The book of P. Samuel thus fills a gap in the literature. It is a little jewel. Starting from a minimal background in algebra, he succeeds in 160 pages in giving a coherent exposition of all of projective geometry. ... one reads this book like a novel. " D.Lazard in Gazette des Mathématiciens#1