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Berger, Marcel, 1927-

Geometry revealed : a Jacob's ladder to modern higher geometry / Jacob's ladder to modern higher geometry Marcel Berger. - Heidelberg ; New York : Springer, 2010. - xvi, 831 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Translated from the German.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Points and lines in the plane -- Circles and spheres -- The sphere by itself: can we distribute points on it evenly? -- Conics and quadrics -- Plane curves -- Smooth surfaces -- Convexity and convex sets -- Polygons, polyhedra, polytopes -- Lattices, packings and tilings in the plane -- Lattices and packings in higher dimensions -- Geometry and dynamics I: billiards -- Geometry and dynamics II: geodesic flow on a surface.


Translated from the German.

ISBN: 9783540709961 (hbk. : acidfree paper) 3540709967 (hbk. acidfree paper) 9783540709978 (eISBN) 3540709975 (eISBN)

LCCN: 2010920837

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA8D9796 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014853317 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Geometry, Differential.

LC Class. No.: QA641 / .B48 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 516.36 BER/Geo