Geometry with an Introduction to Cosmic Topology
Motivated by questions in cosmology, the open-content text Geometry with an Introduction to Cosmic Topology uses Mobius transformations to develop hyperbolic, elliptic, and Euclidean geometry - three possibilities for the global geometry of the universe. The text, written for students who have taken...
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| Language: | English |
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Department of Mathematics, McMinnville, Oregon
Michael P. Hitchman
2020.
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| Series: | Open textbook library.
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| Online Access: | Access online version |
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Table of Contents:
- 1 An Invitation to Geometry
- 2 The Complex Plane
- 3 Transformations
- 4 Geometry
- 5 Hyperbolic Geometry
- 6 Elliptic Geometry
- 7 Geometry on Surfaces
- 8 Cosmic Topology