Geometry

by Michèle Audin

Geometry, this very ancient field of study of mathematics, frequently remains too little familiar to students. Michle Audin, professor at the University of Strasbourg, has written a book allowing them to remedy this situation and, starting from linear algebra, extend their knowledge of affine, Euclidean and projective geometry, conic sections and quadrics, curves and surfaces. It includes many nice theorems like the nine-point circle, Feuerbach's theorem, and so on. Everything is presented clearly and rigourously. Each property is proved, examples and exercises illustrate the course content perfectly. Precise hints for most of the exercises are provided at the end of the book. This very comprehensive text is addressed to students at upper undergraduate and Master's level to discover geometry and deepen their knowledge and understanding.

Genres: Mathematics

368 pages, Paperback

First published September 19, 2002

About the author

Michèle Audin is a French mathematician, and a professor at l'Institut de recherche mathématique avancée (IRMA) in Strasbourg, where she does research notably in the area of symplectic geometry.

Born in 1954, she is a former student of l'École normale supérieure de jeunes filles within the École normale supérieure Sèvres. She became a member of l'Oulipo in 2009.

She is the daughter of mathematician Maurice Audin, who died under torture in 1957 in Algeria, after having been arrested by parachutists of General Jacques Massu. On January 1, 2009, she refused to receive the Legion of Honour, on the grounds that the President of France, Nicolas Sarkozy, had refused to respond to a letter written by her mother regarding the disappearance of her father.

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Reviews

[Shaun Zhang · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a rigorous introduction book for classical geometry. I prefer the method of linear algebra that author uses to introduce affine geometry and projective geometry. It is readily to find out the similarities between Euclidean, affine and projective geometry and finally realize the truth that projective geometry is the unified way to describe all of three geometries. This viewpoint is of great significance acquired by Felix Klein in his Erlangen programm. This book contains lots of figures illustrating the concepts and theorems, as well as rigorous mathematical proofs. In addition, the exercises after each chapter supplement and extend quite an amount of useful propositions helping better understanding.