Screen LibraryGeometry and discrete mathematics : a selection of highlights /
"The present volume examines the most important basic results in geometry and discrete mathematics, along with their proofs, and also their history"--
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De Gruyter,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin : |
| Publication Dates: | [2018] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter textbook
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| Summary: |
"The present volume examines the most important basic results in geometry and discrete mathematics, along with their proofs, and also their history"-- |
| Item Description: | "This two-volume set collects and presents the fundamentals of mathematics in an exciting and pedagogically sound way." The current volume is complimented by the previous volume, "Algebra and number theory." |
| Carrier Form: | xi, 284 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (page [279]) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9783110521450 3110521458 |
| Index Number: | QA445 |
| CLC: | O18-43 |
| Call Number: | O18-43/F495 |
| Contents: | Geometry and geometric ideas -- Isometries in Euclidean vector spaces and their classication in Rn -- The conic sections -- Special groups of planar isometries -- Graph theory -- Linear fractional transformation and planar hyperbolic geometry -- Combinatorics and combinatorial problems -- Finite probability theory and Bayesian analysis -- Boolean lattices, boolean algebras and Stone's theorem. |