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Three-Dimensional Geometry and Topology, Volume 1

Three-Dimensional Geometry and Topology, Volume 1

Thurston, William P.
Levy, Silvio

Hardcover

Series: Princeton Mathematical, Book 35

General MathematicsGeometry

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ISBN10: 0691083045
ISBN13: 9780691083049
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: Feb 6 1997
Pages: 328
Weight: 1.26
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.52 Depth: 9.58
Language: English

This book develops some of the extraordinary richness, beauty, and power of geometry in two and three dimensions, and the strong connection of geometry with topology. Hyperbolic geometry is the star. A strong effort has been made to convey not just denatured formal reasoning (definitions, theorems, and proofs), but a living feeling for the subject. There are many figures, examples, and exercises of varying difficulty.

This book was the origin of a grand scheme developed by Thurston that is now coming to fruition. In the 1920s and 1930s the mathematics of two-dimensional spaces was formalized. It was Thurston's goal to do the same for three-dimensional spaces. To do this, he had to establish the strong connection of geometry to topology--the study of qualitative questions about geometrical structures. The author created a new set of concepts, and the expression Thurston-type geometry has become a commonplace.


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