Lucid, well-written introduction to elementary geometry usually included in undergraduate and first-year graduate courses in mathematics. Topics include vector algebra in the plane, circles and coaxial systems, mappings of the Euclidean plane, similitudes, isometries, mappings of the intensive plane,... read more
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Lucid, well-written introduction to elementary geometry usually included in undergraduate and first-year graduate courses in mathematics. Topics include vector algebra in the plane, circles and coaxial systems, mappings of the Euclidean plane, similitudes, isometries, mappings of the intensive plane, much more. Includes over 500 exercises.
Reprint of A Course for Geometry for Colleges and Universities, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 1970.
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