Geometry revealed a Jacob's ladder to modern higher geometry / Marcel Berger.
| Author/creator | Berger, Marcel, 1927- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, |
| Description | xvi, 831 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Springer Nature - Springer Mathematics and Statistics eBooks 2010 English International |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Springer Books |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Jacob's ladder to modern higher geometry |
| Contents | Points and lines in the plane -- Circles and spheres -- The sphere by itself: can we distribute points on it evenly? -- Conics and quadrics -- Plane curves -- Smooth surfaces -- Convexity and convex sets -- Polygons, polyhedra, polytopes -- Lattices, packings and tilings in the plane -- Lattices and packings in higher dimensions -- Geometry and dynamics I: billiards -- Geometry and dynamics II: geodesic flow on a surface. |
| General note | Translated from the German. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | Translated from the German. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010920837 |
| ISBN | 9783540709961 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 3540709967 (hbk. acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9783540709978 (e-ISBN) |
| ISBN | 3540709975 (e-ISBN) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |