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Symmetry

Symmetry

Symmetry

Hans Walser, State College, Thurgau, Switzerland
Peter Hilton, State University of New York, Binghamton
Jean Pedersen
March 2001
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9780883855324
£23.99
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    We are all familiar with the everyday notion of two-sided symmetry, as viewed for example in the external form of the human body. But in its broadest interpretation symmetry is a property which involves regularity and repetition. In this sense symmetry can be found everywhere, especially in science and art. The aim of this book is to present selected examples of symmetry, drawn from a wide variety of topics, in a way that will be understandable to students and teachers of mathematics as well as to the interested layman.

    • Highly readable
    • The author well known for his work on symmetry
    • Suitable for undergraduate courses

    Product details

    March 2001
    Paperback
    9780883855324
    108 pages
    229 × 152 × 10 mm
    0.155kg
    This item is not supplied by Cambridge University Press in your region. Please contact Mathematical Association of America for availability.

    Table of Contents

    • 1. Little mirror, little mirror
    • 2. Inside and outside
    • 3. Symmetric procedure
    • 4. Parquet floors, lattices and Pythagoras
    • 5. The problem of the centre
    • 6. Symmetry in word script and number.
      Author
    • Hans Walser , State College, Thurgau, Switzerland
    • Translator
    • Peter Hilton , State University of New York, Binghamton
    • Jean Pedersen