Concepts & Images: Visual Mathematics

by Arthur Loeb

1. Introduction . 1 2. Areas and Angles . . 6 3. Tessellations and Symmetry 14 4. The Postulate of Closest Approach 28 5. The Coexistence of Rotocenters 36 6. A Diophantine Equation and its Solutions 46 7. Enantiomorphy. . . . . . . . 57 8. Symmetry Elements in the Plane 77 9. Pentagonal Tessellations . 89 10. Hexagonal Tessellations 101 11. Dirichlet Domain 106 12. Points and Regions 116 13. A Look at Infinity . 122 14. An Irrational Number 128 15...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081763620X
• ISBN13: 9780817636203
• Release Date: November 1992
• Publisher: Birkhauser
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"