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Geometry Illuminated: An Illustrated Introduction to Euclidean and Hyperbolic Plane Geometry
 
Geometry Illuminated
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
Hardcover ISBN:  978-1-93951-211-6
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Geometry Illuminated: An Illustrated Introduction to Euclidean and Hyperbolic Plane Geometry
MAA Press: An Imprint of the American Mathematical Society
Hardcover ISBN:  978-1-93951-211-6
Product Code:  TEXT/30
List Price: $75.00
MAA Member Price: $56.25
AMS Member Price: $56.25
Sale Price: $48.75
eBook ISBN:  978-1-61444-618-7
Product Code:  TEXT/30.E
List Price: $69.00
MAA Member Price: $51.75
AMS Member Price: $51.75
Sale Price: $44.85
Hardcover ISBN:  978-1-93951-211-6
eBook ISBN:  978-1-61444-618-7
Product Code:  TEXT/30.B
List Price: $144.00 $109.50
MAA Member Price: $108.00 $82.13
AMS Member Price: $108.00 $82.13
Sale Price: $93.60 $71.18
  • Book Details
     
     
    AMS/MAA Textbooks
    Volume: 302015; 543 pp

    Geometry Illuminated is an introduction to geometry in the plane, both Euclidean and hyperbolic. It is designed to be used in an undergraduate course on geometry, and, as such, its target audience is undergraduate math majors. However, much of it should be readable by anyone who is comfortable with the language of mathematical proof. Throughout, the goal is to develop the material patiently. One of the more appealing aspects of geometry is that it is a very 'visual' subject. This book hopes to takes full advantage of that with an extensive use of illustrations as guides.

    Geometry Illuminated is divided into four principal parts. Part 1 develops neutral geometry in the style of Hilbert, including a discussion of the construction of measure in that system, ultimately building up to the Saccheri-Legendre Theorem. Part 2 provides a glimpse of classical Euclidean geometry with an emphasis on concurrence results, such as the nine-point circle. Part 3 studies transformations of the Euclidean plane, beginning with isometries and ending with inversion, with applications and a discussion of area in between. Part 4 is dedicated to the development of the Poincaré disk model and the study of geometry within that model.

    While this material is traditional, Geometry Illuminated does bring together topics that are generally not found in a book at this level. Most notably, it explicitly computes parametric equations for the pseudosphere and its geodesics. It focuses less on the nature of axiomatic systems for geometry, but emphasizes rather the logical development of geometry within such a system. It also includes sections dealing with trilinear and barycentric coordinates, theorems that can be proved using inversion, and Euclidean and hyperbolic tilings.

    Ancillaries:

  • Table of Contents
     
     
    • Chapters
    • Chapter 0. Axioms and Models
    • I Neutral Geometry
    • II Euclidean Geometry
    • III Euclidean Transformations
    • IV Hyperbolic Geometry
  • Additional Material
     
     
  • Reviews
     
     
    • ... The author succeeds in elevating Euclidean geometry in particular to the level of advanced undergraduate study and in so doing presents it as a counterpart to a first analysis course. At the same time, some readers may prefer to move on to new ideas and results more quickly; to that end, Harvey gives an indication of several paths through the book in his preface.

      Choice
    • To my mind, this book stands out from the crowd partly because of the way in which its imaginatively devised illustrations are used to stage the introduction of basic concepts and to guide the reader through various steps in a proof. It's not just a matter of pretty pictures, however, because Matthew Harvey's written commentary is easy going and yet mathematically precise. He has written a truly lovely book, which is now top of my reading list as an introduction to geometry at this level.

      Peter Ruane
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Volume: 302015; 543 pp

Geometry Illuminated is an introduction to geometry in the plane, both Euclidean and hyperbolic. It is designed to be used in an undergraduate course on geometry, and, as such, its target audience is undergraduate math majors. However, much of it should be readable by anyone who is comfortable with the language of mathematical proof. Throughout, the goal is to develop the material patiently. One of the more appealing aspects of geometry is that it is a very 'visual' subject. This book hopes to takes full advantage of that with an extensive use of illustrations as guides.

Geometry Illuminated is divided into four principal parts. Part 1 develops neutral geometry in the style of Hilbert, including a discussion of the construction of measure in that system, ultimately building up to the Saccheri-Legendre Theorem. Part 2 provides a glimpse of classical Euclidean geometry with an emphasis on concurrence results, such as the nine-point circle. Part 3 studies transformations of the Euclidean plane, beginning with isometries and ending with inversion, with applications and a discussion of area in between. Part 4 is dedicated to the development of the Poincaré disk model and the study of geometry within that model.

While this material is traditional, Geometry Illuminated does bring together topics that are generally not found in a book at this level. Most notably, it explicitly computes parametric equations for the pseudosphere and its geodesics. It focuses less on the nature of axiomatic systems for geometry, but emphasizes rather the logical development of geometry within such a system. It also includes sections dealing with trilinear and barycentric coordinates, theorems that can be proved using inversion, and Euclidean and hyperbolic tilings.

Ancillaries:

  • Chapters
  • Chapter 0. Axioms and Models
  • I Neutral Geometry
  • II Euclidean Geometry
  • III Euclidean Transformations
  • IV Hyperbolic Geometry
  • ... The author succeeds in elevating Euclidean geometry in particular to the level of advanced undergraduate study and in so doing presents it as a counterpart to a first analysis course. At the same time, some readers may prefer to move on to new ideas and results more quickly; to that end, Harvey gives an indication of several paths through the book in his preface.

    Choice
  • To my mind, this book stands out from the crowd partly because of the way in which its imaginatively devised illustrations are used to stage the introduction of basic concepts and to guide the reader through various steps in a proof. It's not just a matter of pretty pictures, however, because Matthew Harvey's written commentary is easy going and yet mathematically precise. He has written a truly lovely book, which is now top of my reading list as an introduction to geometry at this level.

    Peter Ruane
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