Geometric Constructions

by George E. Martin

Book Overview

This is a text on geometric constructions--a popular area of mathematics since the time of Plato to the modern classroom. The author takes advantage of modern algebra and the resultant coordinate geometry to analyze and classify these problems. Various geometric construction tools are associated with various algebraic fields of numbers and elements of algebra are necessarily encountered while exploring the constructions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387982760
• ISBN13: 9780387982762
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.4"