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A Gateway to Modern Geometry: The Poincare Half-Plane, Second Edition

Author(s): Saul Stahl, PhD, University of Kansas
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763753818
  • Hardcover    255 pages      © 2008
Price: International Sales $183.95 US List
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Stahl's Second Edition continues to provide students with the elementary and constructive development of modern geometry that brings them closer to current geometric research.  At the same time, repeated use is made of high school geometry, algebra, trigonometry, and calculus, thus reinforcing the students' understanding of these disciplines as well as enhancing their perception of mathematics as a unified endeavor. This distinct approach makes these advanced geometry principles accessible to undergraduates and graduates alike.

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Preface
Chapter 1  Euclidean Geometry
Chapter 2  Euclidean Rigid Motions
Chapter 3  Inversions
Chapter 4  The Hyperbolic Plane
Chapter 5  Euclidean Versus Hyperbolic Triangle
Chapter 6  The Angles of the Hyperbolic Triangle
Chapter 7  Hyperbolic Area
Chapter 8  The Trigonometry of the Hyperbolic Triangle
Chapter 9  Complex Numbers and Rigid Motions
Chapter 10  Absolute Geometry and the Angles of the Triangle
Chapter 11  Spherical Trigonometry and Elliptic Geometry
Chapter 12  Differential Geometry and Gaussian Curvature
Chapter 13  The Cross-Ration and the Unit Disk Model
Chapter 14  The Beltrami-Klein Model
Chapter 15  A Brief History of Non-Euclidean Geometry
Chapter 16  Spheres and Horospheres
Appendix A  Proofs of Some of Euclid's Propositions
Appendix B  Formulas for Hyperbolic Trigonometric Functions
Sources, References and Suggested Readings
Index
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Saul Stahl, PhD-University of Kansas

Dr. Stahl's research area is graph theory and his mathematical avocation is the evolution of mathematical ideas.  He has published several textbooks in geometry, algebra, analysis and game theory.  In all of these books the histrory of the subject is an integral part of the development of the subject matter.  He has three children and his hobbies are dance and languages.

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