S. G. Dani & Athanase Papadopoulos 
Geometry in History [PDF ebook] 

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This is a collection of surveys on important mathematical ideas, their origin, their evolution and their impact in current research. The authors are mathematicians who are leading experts in their fields. The book is addressed to all mathematicians, from undergraduate students to senior researchers, regardless of the specialty.

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Plato on Geometry and the Geometers.- Topology and Biology: From Aristotle to Thom.- Time and eriodicity from Ptolemy to Schrödinger: Paradigm Shifts vs Continuity in History of Mathematics.- Convexity in Greek Antiquity.- On the Concept of Curve: Geometry and Algebra, from Mathematical Modernity to Mathematical Modernism.- From Euclid to Riemann and Beyond: How to Describe the Shape of the Universe.- A Path in History, from Curvature to Convexity.- The Axiomatic Destiny of the Theorems of Pappus and Desargues.- Projective Configuration Theorems: Old Wine into New Wineskins.- Poincaré’s Geometric Worldview and Philosophy.- Perturbing a Planar Rotation: Normal Hyperbolicity and Angular Twist.- René Thom and an Anticipated h-Principle.- Rigid and Flexible Facets of Symplectic Topology.- Flat Affine, Projective and Conformal Structures on Manifolds: A Historical Perspective.- Basic Aspects of Differential Geometry.- The Global Study of Riemannian-Finsler Geometry.- The Poincaré Conjectureand Related Statements.- A Glimpse into the Problems of the Fourth Dimension.- Memories from My Former Life: The Making of a Mathematician.- Index.

A propos de l’auteur

The editors are mathematicians whose work is well known (Dani in dynamics and ergodic theory, and Papadopoulos in geometry and topology of low dimensions). They are the authors of many research articles and monographs, and they edited several books. They have a broad view on the current research on geometry, on the history of the subject and on its impact in modern research. Dani is the editor-in-chief of Ganita Bharati (Bulletin of the Indian Society for History of Mathematics). 

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Langue Anglais ● Format PDF ● Pages 750 ● ISBN 9783030136093 ● Taille du fichier 12.9 MB ● Éditeur S. G. Dani & Athanase Papadopoulos ● Maison d’édition Springer International Publishing ● Lieu Cham ● Pays CH ● Publié 2019 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 7236823 ● Protection contre la copie DRM sociale

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