Fundamentals of Mathematics represents a new kind of mathematical publication. While excellent technical treatises have
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Table of contents :
Translator’s Foreword........................................................................................ vii
Preface....................................................................................................... ix
PART A. FOUNDATIONS OF GEOMETRY
CHAPTER 1. Geometry-A Phenomenological Discussion, H. Freudenthal and A. Bauer............................... 3
CHAPTER 2. Points, Vectors, and Reflections, F. Bachmann and J. Boczeck....................................... 29
CHAPTER 3. Affine and Projectire Planes, R. Lingenberg and A. Bauer........................................... 54
CHAPTER 4. Euclidean Planes, J. Diller and J. Boczeck........................................................ 112
CHAPTER 5. Absolute Geometry, F. Bachmann, W. Pejas, H. Wolff, and A. Bauer.................................. 129
CHAPTER 6. The Classical Euclidean and the Classical Hyperbolic Geometry, H. Karzel and E. Ellers............ 174
CHAPTER 7. Geometric Constructions, W. Breidenbach and W. Suss.............................................. 193
CHAPTER 8. Polygons and Polyhedra, J. Gerretsen and P. Verdenduin............................................ 238
PART B. ANALYTIC TREATMENT OF GEOMETRY
CHAPTER 9. Affine and Euclidean Geometry, F. Flohr and F. Raith............................................... 293
CHAPTER 10. From Projective to Euclidean Geometry, G. Pickert, R. Stendor, and M. Hellwich................... 385
CHAPTER 11. Algebraic Geometry, W. Enron and A. Bauer........................................................ 437
CHAPTER 12. Erlanger Program and Higher Geometry, H. Kunle and K. Fladt...................................... 460
CHAPTER 13. Group Theory and Geometry, H. Freudenthal and H.-G. Steiner...................................... 516
CHAPTER 14. Differential Geometry of Curves and Surfaces, W. Suss, H. Gerieke, and K. H. Berger.............. 534
CHAPTER 15. Convex Figures, W. Suss, U. Viet, and K. H. Berger............................................... 572
CHAPTER 16. Aspects of Topology, K. H. Weise and H. Noack.................................................... 593
INDEX........................................................................................................ 671