Projective Geometry

By H.S.M. Coxeter

Book Overview

In Euclidean geometry, constructions are made with ruler and compass. Projective geometry is simpler: its constructions require only a ruler. In projective geometry one never measures anything, instead, one relates one set of points to another by a projectivity. This book introduces the important concepts of the subject and provides the logical foundations, as well as showing the connections among projective, Euclidean, and analytic geometry.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387406239
• ISBN13: 9780387406237
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good Concise Coverage of Synthetic Projective Geometry

Coxeter provides good coverage of the fundamental concepts of synthetic projective geometry. This is a good introductory book. The examples provided are clear. Coxeter's style is concise. Topics such as Desargues theorem , Pappus's theorem and conics are covered. The solutions to some exercises can be found in the back of the book. The book addresses finite geometries and analytic projective with a chapter on each.