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Topics in Elementary Geometry
O. Bottema
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Description for Topics in Elementary Geometry
Paperback. This small book, now translated into English, is a unique place to find classical results from geometry. The selection of topics is intelligent, varied, and stimulating. In a small space the author provides many thought-provoking ideas. Translator(s): Erne, Reinie. Num Pages: 142 pages, 76 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PBM. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 230.
Oene Bottema (1901–1992) may not be so well known abroad, but in his own country he is ”the great geometer”. He graduated from the University of Groningen in 1924 and obtained his doctor’s degree from Leiden University in 1927. He spent his early years as a high school teacher and administrator. He published extensively, and as his ability became known, he was made professor at the Technical University of Delft in 1941, and later rector of thatuniversity(1951–1959). Withhisencyclopedicknowledgeof19th-century geometry and his training in 20th-century rigor, he was able to make many contributions to elementary geometry, even as that subject was ... Read more
Oene Bottema (1901–1992) may not be so well known abroad, but in his own country he is ”the great geometer”. He graduated from the University of Groningen in 1924 and obtained his doctor’s degree from Leiden University in 1927. He spent his early years as a high school teacher and administrator. He published extensively, and as his ability became known, he was made professor at the Technical University of Delft in 1941, and later rector of thatuniversity(1951–1959). Withhisencyclopedicknowledgeof19th-century geometry and his training in 20th-century rigor, he was able to make many contributions to elementary geometry, even as that subject was ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
Number of Pages
142
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387781303
SKU
V9780387781303
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Topics in Elementary Geometry
From the reviews of the second edition: "This small book includes Ceva’s and Menelaus’s theorems, the nine-point circle and Euler line, configuration theorems, Morley’s triangle, inequalities for elements in a triangle … . The arguments are not only geometric or trigonometric ones but also different coordinate systems are considered such as barycentric or trilinear coordinates ... Read more