Groups: A Path to Geometry

by R.P. Burn

Book Overview

Following the same successful approach as Dr. Burn's previous book on number theory, this text consists of a carefully constructed sequence of questions that will enable the reader, through participation, to study all the group theory covered by a conventional first university course. An introduction to vector spaces, leading to the study of linear groups, and an introduction to complex numbers, leading to the study of M bius transformations and stereographic...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521347939
• ISBN13: 9780521347938
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"