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020 _a007124865X (paperback)
040 _bEnglish.
_cCvSU-CCAT Campus Library.
_erda.
_aCvSU-CCAT Campus Library.
050 _aCIR QA 445
_bH84 2005
100 _aHvidsten, Michael
_93790
111 _aHvidsten, Michael, author.
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245 _aGeometry with geometry explorer /
_cMichael Hvidsten.
260 _aDubuque, Iowa :
_bMcGraw-Hill,
_cc2005.
300 _axiii, 463 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm + 1
_eCD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
501 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 453-456) and index.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 _a1 Geometry and the Axiomatic Method 1.1 Early Origins of Geometry 1.2 Thales and Pythagoras 1.2.1 Thales 1.2.2 Pythagoras 1.3 Project 1 - The Ratio Made of Gold 1.3.1 Golden Section 1.3.2 Golden Rectangles 1.4 The Rise of the Axiomatic Method 1.5 Properties of Axiomatic Systems 1.5.1 Consistency 1.5.2 Independence 1.5.3 Completeness 1.5.4 Gödel's Incompleteness Theorem 1.6 Euclid's Axiomatic Geometry 1.6.1 Euclid's Postulates 1.7 Project 2 - A Concrete Axiomatic System 2 Euclidean Geometry 2.1 Angles, Lines, and Parallels 2.2 Congruent Triangles and Pasch's Axiom 2.3 Project 3 - Special Points of a Triangle 2.3.1 Circumcenter 2.3.2 Orthocenter 2.3.3 Incenter 2.4 Measurement and Area in Eucliedean Geometry 2.4.1 Mini-Project - Area in Euclidean Geometry 2.4.2 Cevians and Areas 2.5 Similar Triangles 2.5.1 Mini-Project - Finding Heights 2.6 Circle Geometry 2.7 Project 4 - Circle Inversion and Orthogonality 2.7.1 Orthogonal Circles Redux 3 Analytic Geometry 3.1 The Cartesian Coordinate System 3.2 Vector Geometry 3.3 Project 5 - Be;zier Curves 3.4 Angles in Coordinate Geometry 3.5 The Complex Plane 3.5.1 Polar Form 3.5.2 Complex Functions 3.5.3 Analytic Functions and Conformal Maps (Optional) 3.6 Birkhoff's Axiomatic System for Analytic Geometry 4 Constructions 4.1 Euclidean Constructions 4.2 Project 6 - Euclidean Eggs 4.3 Constructibility 4.4 Mini-Project - Origami Construction 5 Transformational Geometry 5.1 Euclidean Isometries 5.2 Reflections 5.2.1 Mini-Project - Isometries through Reflection 5.2.2 Reflection and Symmetry 5.3 Translations 5.3.1 Translational Symmetry 5.4 Rotations 5.4.1 Rotational Symmetry 5.5 Project 7 - Quilts and Transformations 5.6 Glide Reflections 5.6.1 Glide Reflection Symmetry 5.7 Structure and Representation of Isometries 5.7.1 Matrix Form of Isometries 5.7.2 Compositions of Rotations and Translations 5.7.3 Compositions of Reflections and Glide Reflections 5.7.4 Isometries in Computer Graphics 5.7.5 Summary of Isometry Compositions 5.8 Project 8 - Constructing Compositions 6 Symmetry 6.1 Finite Plane Symmetry Groups 6.2 Frieze Groups 6.3 Wallpaper Groups 6.4 Tiling the Plane 6.4.1 Escher 6.4.2 Regular Tessellations of the Plane 6.5 Project 9 - Constructing Tessellations 7 Non-Euclidean Geometry 7.1 Background and History 7.2 Models of Hyperbolic Geometry 7.2.1 Poincare; Model 7.2.2 Mini-Project - The Klein Model 7.3 Basic Results in Hyperbolic Geometry 7.3.1 Parallels in Hyperbolic Geometry 7.3.2 Omega Points and Triangles 7.4 Project 10 - The Saccheri Quadrilateral 7.5 Lambert Quadrilaterals and Triangles 7.5.1 Lambert Quadrilaterals 7.5.2 Triangles in Hyperbolic Geometry 7.6 Area in Hyperbolic Geometry 7.7 Project 11 - Tiling the Hyperbolic Plane 7.8 Models and Isomorphism 8 Non-Euclidean Transformations 8.1 Möbius Transformations 8.1.1 Fixed Points and the Cross Ratio 8.1.2 Geometric Properties of Möbius Transformations 8.2 Isometries in the Poincare; Model 8.3 Isometries in the Klein Model 8.4 Mini-Project - The Upper Half-Plane Model 8.5 Weierstrass Model 8.6 Hyperbolic Calculation 8.6.1 Arclength of Parameterized Curves 8.6.2 Geodesics 8.6.3 The Angle of Parallelism 8.6.4 Right Triangles 8.6.5 Area 8.7 Project 12 - Infinite Real Estate? 9 Fractal Geometry 9.1 The Search for a "Natural" Geometry 9.2 Self-Similarity 9.2.1 Sierpinski's Triangle 9.2.2 Cantor Set 9.3 Similarity Dimension 9.4 Project 13 - An Endlessly Beautiful Snowflake 9.5 Contraction Mappings and the Space of Fractals 9.6 Fractal Dimension 9.7 Project 14 - IFS Ferns 9.8 Algorithmic Geometry 9.8.1 Turtle Geometry 9.9 Grammars and Productions 9.9.1 Space-filling Curves 9.10 Project 15 - Words into Plants: The Geometry of Life A Book I of Euclid's Elements A.1 Definitions A.2 The Postulates (Axioms) A.3 Common Notions A.4 Propositions (Theorems) B Brief Guide to Geometry Explorer B.1 The Main Geometry Explorer Window B.2 Selecting Objects B.3 Active vs. Inactive Tools B.4 Labels B.5 Object Coloring B.6 Online Help B.7 Undo/Redo of Actions B.8 Clearing and Resizing the Canvas B.9 Saving Files as Images B.10 Main Window Button Panels B.10.1 Create Panel B.10.2 Construct Panel B.10.3 Transform Panel B.11 Measurement in Geometry Explorer B.11.1 Neutral Measurements B.11.2 Euclidean-only Measurements B.11.3 Hyperbolic-only Measurements B.11.4 User Input Measurements B.12 Using Tables B.13 Using the Calculator B.14 Hyperbolic Geometry B.15 Analytic Geometry B.16 Turtle Geometry C Birkhoff's Axioms for Euclidean Geometry D Hilbert's Axioms for Euclidean Geometry E The 17 Wallpaper Groups
520 _aExplores topics such as hyperbolic geometry, and encourages the kind of experimentation and self-discovery needed for students to develop a natural intuition for various topics in geometry. This book combines a discovery-based geometry text with integrated geometry software.
546 _aIn English text.
650 _aGeometry.
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650 _aGeometry Explorer (Computer file).
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