Curved spaces:from classical geometries to elementary differential geometry
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge |
Publication Dates: | 2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | x, 186 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
ISBN: |
9780521886291 (hbk.) 0521886295 (hbk.) 9780521713900 (pbk.) 0521713900 (pbk.) |
Index Number: | O187 |
CLC: | O187.1 |
Call Number: | O187.1/W752 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Euclidean geometry -- Spherical geometry -- Triangulations and Euler numbers -- Riemannian metrics -- Hyperbolic geometry -- Smooth embedded surfaces -- Geodesics -- Abstract surfaces and Gauss-Bonnet. |