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Author:   George E. Martin
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   1st ed. 1982. Corr. 4th printing 1996
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.190kg
ISBN:  

9780387906362

ISBN 10:   0387906363
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   13 April 1982
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Transformations and Collineations.- 1.2 Geometric Notation.- 1.3 Exercises.- 2 Properties of Transformations.- 2.1 Groups of Transformations.- 2.2 Involutions.- 2.3 Exercises.- 3 Translations and Halfturns.- 3.1 Translations.- 3.2 Halfturns.- 3.3 Exercises.- 4 Reflections.- 4.1 Equations for a Reflection.- 4.2 Properties of a Reflection.- 4.3 Exercises.- 5 Congruence.- 5.1 Isometries as Products of Reflections.- 5.2 Paper Folding Experiments and Rotations.- 5.3 Exercises.- 6 The Product of Two Reflections.- 6.1 Translations and Rotations.- 6.2 Fixed Points and Involutions.- 6.3 Exercises.- 7 Even Isometries.- 7.1 Parity.- 7.2 The Dihedral Groups.- 7.3 Exercises.- 8 Classification of Plane Isometries.- 8.1 Glide Reflections.- 8.2 Leonardo’s Theorem.- 8.3 Exercises.- 9 Equations for Isometries.- 9.1 Equations.- 9.2 Supplementary Exercises (Chapter 1–8).- 9.3 Exercises.- 10 The Seven Frieze Groups.- 10.1 Frieze Groups.- 10.2 Frieze Patterns.- 10.3 Exercises.- 11 The Seventeen Wallpaper Groups.- 11.1 The Crystallographic Restriction.- 11.2 Wallpaper Groups and Patterns.- 11.3 Exercises.- 12 Tessellations.- 12.1 Tiles.- 12.2 Reptiles.- 12.3 Exercises.- 13 Similarities on the Plane.- 13.1 Classification of Similarities.- 13.2 Equations for Similarities.- 13.3 Exercises.- 14 Classical Theorems.- 14.1 Menelaus, Ceva, Desargues, Pappus, Pascal.- 14.2 Euler, Brianchon, Poncelet, Feuerbach.- 14.3 Exercises.- 15 Affine Transformations.- 15.1 Collineations.- 15.2 Linear Transformations.- 15.3 Exercises.- 16 Transformations on Three-space.- 16.1 Isometries on Space.- 16.2 Similarities on Space.- 16.3 Exercises.- 17 Space and Symmetry.- 17.1 The Platonic Solids.- 17.2 Finite Symmetry Groups on Space.- 17.3 Exercises.- Hints and Answers.- Notation Index.

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