THIS text-book should evoke in the student a realization of the infinite possibilities opened up by the many geometries included in the general scheme in which the classical geometry of his curriculum ...

Mathematics in Mesopotamia : Where did mathematics begin? ; Political history in Mesopotamia ; The number symbols ; Arithmetic operations ; Babylonian algebra ; Babylonian geometry ; The uses of ...

IMAGINARY elements in geometry were for a long time considered solely as an auxiliary to the study of real points. Projective complex geometry, considered as an independent branch of mathematics, owes ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Nondegenerate quadrics in finite Euclidean geometry are defined and a method of obtaining these from nondegenerate quadrics in finite ...

Euclidean geometry is the branch of mathematics describing shapes and the spatial relationships between objects in two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) settings. The rules of Euclidean ...

Margaret Wertheim gave a talk for the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute at their 2016 annual Summer School. We have built a world of largely straight lines – the houses we live in, the ...