Introduction to Classical Geometries [electronic resource] by Ana Irene Ramírez Galarza, José Seade.

This book follows Felix Klein’s proposal of studying geometry by looking at the symmetries (or rigid motions) of the space in question. In this way the classical geometries are studied: Euclidean, affine, elliptic, projective and hyperbolic. For simplicity the focus is on the two-dimensional case, w...

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Main Authors: Ramírez Galarza, Ana Irene (Author)
Seade, José (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Basel : Birkhäuser Basel : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
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