Book Review: Foundations of geometry, Euclidean and Bolyai-Lobachevskian geometry, projective geometry

Affine Geometry, Projective Geometry, and Non- Euclidean Geometry

1. Affine Geometry 1.1. Affine Space 1.2. Affine Lines 1.3. Affine transformations 1.4. Affine Collinearity 1.5. Conic Sections 2. Projective Geometry 2.1. Perspective 2.2. Projective Plane 2.3. Projective Transformations 2.4. Projective Collinearity 2.5. Conics 3. Geometries and Groups 3.1. Transformation Groups 3.2. Erlangen Program 4. Non-Euclidean Geometry 4.1. Elliptic Geometry 4.2. Hyperb...

Book Review: János Bolyai, Non-Euclidean Geometry, and the Nature of Space, Volume 52, Number 9

This attractive little volume consists of two major components, together with a number of shorter sections. The major components are labeled " Introduction " and " Appendix " respectively , both designations grossly understating their content. The " Appendix " consists of Bolyai's revolutionary tract, with the subtitle " THE SCIENCE ABSOLUTE OF SPACE Independent of the Truth or Falsity of Eucli...

Foundations of Euclidean Constructive Geometry

Euclidean geometry, as presented by Euclid, consists of straightedge-andcompass constructions and rigorous reasoning about the results of those constructions. A consideration of the relation of the Euclidean “constructions” to “constructive mathematics” leads to the development of a first-order theory ECG of “Euclidean Constructive Geometry”, which can serve as an axiomatization of Euclid rathe...

Euclidean Geometry before non-Euclidean Geometry

In [3], in my argument for the primacy of Euclidean geometry on the basis of rigid motions and the existence of similar but non-congruent triangles, I wrote the following: A: “The mobility of rigid objects is now recognized as one of the things every normal human child learns in infancy, and this learning appears to be part of our biological progaramming.” B. “. . . we are all used to thinking ...

Projective geometry - from foundations to applications