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The Geometric Vein: The Coxeter Festschrift
C. Davis (Ed.)
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Description for The Geometric Vein: The Coxeter Festschrift
Paperback. Editor(s): Davis, C.; Grunbaum, Branko; Sherk, F. A. Num Pages: 598 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 932.
Geometry has been defined as that part of mathematics which makes appeal to the sense of sight; but this definition is thrown in doubt by the existence of great geometers who were blind or nearly so, such as Leonhard Euler. Sometimes it seems that geometric methods in analysis, so-called, consist in having recourse to notions outside those apparently relevant, so that geometry must be the joining of unlike strands; but then what shall we say of the importance of axiomatic programmes in geometry, where reference to notions outside a restricted reper- tory is banned? Whatever its definition, geometry clearly has ... Read more
Geometry has been defined as that part of mathematics which makes appeal to the sense of sight; but this definition is thrown in doubt by the existence of great geometers who were blind or nearly so, such as Leonhard Euler. Sometimes it seems that geometric methods in analysis, so-called, consist in having recourse to notions outside those apparently relevant, so that geometry must be the joining of unlike strands; but then what shall we say of the importance of axiomatic programmes in geometry, where reference to notions outside a restricted reper- tory is banned? Whatever its definition, geometry clearly has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
598
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461256502
SKU
V9781461256502
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