Glimpses of algebra and geometry/ (Record no. 170406)
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| fixed length control field | 00388nam a2200145Ia 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0387953450 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 512.12 |
| Item number | GAB/G |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Toth, Gabor |
| 245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Glimpses of algebra and geometry/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Gabor Toth |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 2nd ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Springer, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2002. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xxii, 450 p. : |
| Other physical details | ill. ; |
| Dimensions | 25 cm. |
| 440 ## - SERIES | |
| Title | (Undergraduate texts in mathematics) |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. "A number is a multitude composed of units"-Euclid --<br/>2." ... There are no irrational numbers at all"-Kronecker --<br/>3. Rationality, elliptic curves, and Fermat's last theorem --<br/>4. Algebraic or transcendental? --<br/>5. Complex arithmetic --<br/>6. Quadratic, cubic, and quantic equations --<br/>7. Stereographic projection --<br/>8. Proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra --<br/>9. Symmetries of regular polygons --<br/>10. Discrete subgroups of Iso (R²) --<br/>11. Möbius geometry --<br/>12. Complex linear fractional transformations --<br/>13. "Out of nothing I have created a new universe"-Bolyai --<br/>14. Fuchsian groups --<br/>15. Riemann surfaces --<br/>16. General surfaces --<br/>17. The five platonic solids --<br/>18. Finite Möbius groups --<br/>19. Detour in topology: Euler-Poincaré characteristic --<br/>20. Detour in graph theory: Euler, Hamilton, and the four color theorem --<br/>21. Dimension leap --<br/>22. Quaternions --<br/>23. Back to R³! --<br/>24. Invariants --<br/>25. The Icosahedron and the unsolvable quintic --<br/>26. The fourth dimension --<br/>Appendixes: --<br/>A. Sets --<br/>B. Groups --<br/>C. Topology --<br/>D. Smooth maps --<br/>E. The hypergeometric differential equation and the Schwarzian --<br/>F. Galois theory. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Geometry |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Algebra |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | General Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 27/10/2016 | 512.12 GAB/G | P25384 | 29/08/2016 | General Books |