Spherical Geometry and Its Applications
Spherical Geometry and Its Applications
Summary
The author introduces spherical geometry and it practical applications in a mathematically rigorous form. Readers will see how the axiom system for plane geometry can be modified in certain ways to produce a completely different geometric world.
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Spherical Geometry and Its Applications by Marshall Whittlesey
Spherical Geometry and Its Applications introduces spherical geometry and its practical applications in a mathematically rigorous form. The text can serve as a course in spherical geometry for mathematics majors. Readers from various academic backgrounds can comprehend various approaches to the subject. The book introduces an axiomatic system for spherical geometry and uses it to prove the main theorems of the subject. It also provides an alternate approach using quaternions. The author illustrates how a traditional axiomatic system for plane geometry can be modified to produce a different geometric world – but a geometric world that is no less real than the geometric world of the plane. Features: A well-rounded introduction to spherical geometry Provides several proofs of some theorems to appeal to larger audiences Presents principal applications: the study of the surface of the earth, the study of stars and planets in the sky, the study of three- and four-dimensional polyhedra, mappings of the sphere, and crystallography Many problems are based on propositions from the ancient text Sphaerica of MenelausMarshall A. Whittlesey is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at California State University San Marcos. He received a BS (1992) from Trinity College in Connecticut, and a PhD from Brown University (1997) under the direction of John Wermer. He was a Visiting Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University was SE Warchawski Assistant Professor at University of California San Diego (1999-2001). He has a series of research publications in functions of several complex variables.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781032475370 |
| ISBN 10 | 1032475374 |
| Title | Spherical Geometry and Its Applications |
| Author | Marshall Whittlesey |
| Series | Textbooks In Mathematics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2023-01-21 |
| Number of pages | 348 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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