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Groups and Symmetry: A Guide to Discovering Mathematics

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 symm...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: David W. Farmer
Format: Printed Book
Published: Hyderabad University Press 1998
Series:Mathematical world, v. 5.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.