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The Real Projective Plane

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. H. S. M. Coxeter

    1. Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

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  2. George Beck

    1. Toronto, Canada

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. A Comparison of Various Kinds of Geometry

    • H. S. M. Coxeter, George Beck
    Pages 1-11

  3. Incidence

    • H. S. M. Coxeter, George Beck
    Pages 12-24

  4. Order and Continuity

    • H. S. M. Coxeter, George Beck
    Pages 25-38

  5. One-Dimensional Projectivities

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    Pages 39-54

  6. Two-Dimensional Projectivities

    • H. S. M. Coxeter, George Beck
    Pages 55-72

  7. Conics

    • H. S. M. Coxeter, George Beck
    Pages 73-91

  8. Projectivities on a Conic

    • H. S. M. Coxeter, George Beck
    Pages 92-104

  9. Affine Geometry

    • H. S. M. Coxeter, George Beck
    Pages 105-125

  10. Euclidean Geometry

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    Pages 126-146

  11. Continuity

    • H. S. M. Coxeter, George Beck
    Pages 147-154

  12. The Introduction of Coordinates

    • H. S. M. Coxeter, George Beck
    Pages 155-168

  13. The Use of Coordinates

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    Pages 169-199

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 200-227
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Along with many small improvements, this revised edition contains van Yzeren's new proof of Pascal's theorem (ยง1.7) and, in Chapter 2, an improved treatment of order and sense. The Sylvester-Gallai theorem, instead of being introduced as a curiosity, is now used as an essential step in the theory of harmonic separation (ยง3.34). This makes the logiยญ cal development self-contained: the footnotes involving the References (pp. 214-216) are for comparison with earlier treatments, and to give credit where it is due, not to fill gaps in the argument. H.S.M.C. November 1992 v Preface to the Second Edition Why should one study the real plane? To this question, put by those who advocate the complex plane, or geometry over a general field, I would reply that the real plane is an easy first step. Most of the propยญ erties are closely analogous, and the real field has the advantage of intuitive accessibility. Moreover, real geometry is exactly what is needed for the projective approach to nonยท Euclidean geometry. Instead of introducing the affine and Euclidean metrics as in Chapters 8 and 9, we could just as well take the locus of 'points at infinity' to be a conic, or replace the absolute involution by an absolute polarity.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    H. S. M. Coxeter

  • Toronto, Canada

    George Beck

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Real Projective Plane

  • Authors: H. S. M. Coxeter, George Beck

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2734-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York, Inc. 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-97889-5Published: 23 December 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-7647-0Published: 02 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4612-2734-2Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 3

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 227

  • Additional Information: Originally published by Cambridge University Press

  • Topics: Geometry

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