Mathematical Models From the Collections of Universities and Museums – Photograph Volume and Commentary /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Fischer, Gerd (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer Spektrum, 2017.
• Έκδοση: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Θέματα: Mathematics.; Mathematics, general.

This book presents beautiful photos of mathematical models of geometric surfaces made from a variety of materials including plaster, metal, paper, wood, and string. The construction of these models at the time (of Felix Klein and others) was not an end in itself, but was accompanied by mathematical...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Elementary Analytic Geometry
• Algebraic Surfaces
• Differential Geometry
• Convex Bodies of Constant Width
• Regular Star-Polyhedra
• Models of the Real Projective Plane
• Functions.