Analytic Projective Geometry

Product description Review 'This book provides a lively and lovely perspective on real projective spaces, combining art, history, groups and elegant proofs.' William M. Kantor'This book is a celebration of the projective viewpoint of geometry. It gradually introduces the reader to the subject, and the arguments are presented in a way that highlights the power of projective thinking in geometry. The reader surprisingly discovers not only that Euclidean and related theorems can be realized as derivatives of projective results, but there are also unnoticed connections between results from ancient times. The treatise also contains a large number of exercises and is dotted with worked examples, which help the reader to appreciate and deeply understand the arguments they refer to. In my opinion this is a book that will definitely change the way we look at the Euclidean and projective analytic geometry.' Alessandro Siciliano, Università degli Studi della Basilicata Book Description This text introduces students to projective geometry from an analytic perspective, mixing recent results with the history of the field. About the Author John Bamberg is Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Western Australia, where he previously obtained his Ph.D. under the auspices of Cheryl Praeger and Tim Penttila. His research interests include finite and projective geometry, group theory, and algebraic combinatorics. He was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at Ghent University from 2006 to 2009, and a future fellow at the Australian Research Council from 2012 to 2016.Tim Penttila is an Australian mathematician whose research interests include geometry, group theory, and combinatorics. He was an academic at the University of Western Australia for twenty years, and a professor at Colorado State University for ten years. Read more