| Variant title |
Jacob's ladder to modern higher geometry |
| Contents |
Points and lines in the plane -- Circles and spheres -- The sphere by itself: can we distribute points on it evenly? -- Conics and quadrics -- Plane curves -- Smooth surfaces -- Convexity and convex sets -- Polygons, polyhedra, polytopes -- Lattices, packings and tilings in the plane -- Lattices and packings in higher dimensions -- Geometry and dynamics I: billiards -- Geometry and dynamics II: geodesic flow on a surface. |
| General note | Translated from the German. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Language | Translated from the German. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2010920837 |
| ISBN | 9783540709961 (hbk. : acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 3540709967 (hbk. acid-free paper) |
| ISBN | 9783540709978 (e-ISBN) |
| ISBN | 3540709975 (e-ISBN) |
