This note explains the following topics: Euclidean geometry,
Geometry in Greek astronomy, Constructions using a compass and straightedge,
Geometers sketchpad, Higher dimensional objects, Hyperbolic geometry, The
poincare models of hyperbolic geometry, Tilings and lattices, Foundations,
Spherical geometry, Projective geometry, The pseudosphere in lorentz space,
Finite geometries, Nonconstructibility, Modern research in geometry , A
selective time line of mathematics.
This course will show how geometry and geometric ideas are a part of
everyone’s life and experiences whether in the classroom, home, or workplace. In
the first chapter of the course notes will cover a variety of geometric topics.
The four subsequent chapters cover the topics of Euclidean Geometry,
Non-Euclidean Geometry, Transformations, and Inversion. However, the goal is not
only to study some interesting topics and results, but to also give “proof” as
to why the results are valid.
This is a course note on Euclidean and
non-Euclidean geometries with emphasis on (i) the contrast between the
traditional and modern approaches to geometry, and (ii) the history and role of
the parallel postulate. This course will be useful to students who want to teach
and use Euclidean geometry, to students who want to learn more about the history
of geometry, and to students who want an introduction to non-Euclidean
geometry.
The
objective of this book is to lay down and illustrate the more elementary principles
of those Geometrical Methods which, in recent times, have been so successfully
employed to investigate the properties of figured space.