Groups and Symmetry: A Guide to Discovering Mathematics
David W. Farmer
Groups and Symmetry: A Guide to Discovering Mathematics - Hyderabad University Press 1998 - vii, 102 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. - Mathematical world, v. 5. .
Ch. 1. Squares, Hexagons, and Triangles -- Ch. 2. The Rigid Motions of the Plane -- Ch. 3. Finite Figures -- Ch. 4. Strip Patterns -- Ch. 5. Wallpatterns -- Ch. 6. Finite Groups -- Ch. 7. Cayley Diagrams -- Ch. 8. Symmetry in the Real World.
In most mathematics textbooks, the most exciting part of mathematics - the process of invention and discovery - is completely hidden from the reader. The aim of Groups and Symmetry is to change that. By means of a series of carefully selected tasks, the book leads readers to discover groups and symmetry. There are no formulas to memorize; no procedures to follow. The book is a guide: its job is to start the reader in the right direction.
978817311077
Group theory. Pattern perception. Gruppentheorie.
511.33 FAR-G
Groups and Symmetry: A Guide to Discovering Mathematics - Hyderabad University Press 1998 - vii, 102 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. - Mathematical world, v. 5. .
Ch. 1. Squares, Hexagons, and Triangles -- Ch. 2. The Rigid Motions of the Plane -- Ch. 3. Finite Figures -- Ch. 4. Strip Patterns -- Ch. 5. Wallpatterns -- Ch. 6. Finite Groups -- Ch. 7. Cayley Diagrams -- Ch. 8. Symmetry in the Real World.
In most mathematics textbooks, the most exciting part of mathematics - the process of invention and discovery - is completely hidden from the reader. The aim of Groups and Symmetry is to change that. By means of a series of carefully selected tasks, the book leads readers to discover groups and symmetry. There are no formulas to memorize; no procedures to follow. The book is a guide: its job is to start the reader in the right direction.
978817311077
Group theory. Pattern perception. Gruppentheorie.
511.33 FAR-G