Geometry / Marcel Berger ; translated from the French by M. Cole and S. Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Berger, Marcel, 1927-

Series:

Universitext

Standardized Title:

Géométrie. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Geometry.

Physical Description:

2 volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, [1987]

Summary:

This is the first part of the 2-volume textbook Geometry which provides a very readable and lively presentation of large parts of geometry in the classical sense. An attractive characteristic of the book is that it appeals systematically to the reader's intuition and vision, and illustrates the mathematical text with many figures. For each topic the author presents a theorem that is esthetically pleasing and easily stated - although the proof of the same theorem may be quite hard and concealed. Many open problems and references to modern literature are given. Yet another strong trait of the book is that it provides a comprehensive and unified reference source for the field of geometry in the full breadth of its subfields and ramifications.

Notes:

Translation of: Géométrie.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

ISBN:

3540116583

OCLC:

17548388