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Click to enlargeTaxicab Geometry: An Adventure in Non-Euclidean Geometry

Eugene F. Krause
Our Price$5.95New!(Table of Contents)
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Format: Book
ISBN: 0486252027
Page Count: 88
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
Fascinating, accessible introduction to unusual mathematical system in which distance is not measured by straight lines. Illustrated topics include applications to urban geography and comparisons to Euclidean geometry. Selected answers to problems.

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