Manifold mirrors : the crossing paths of the arts and mathematics / Felipe Cucker, City University of Hong Kong.

Cucker, Felipe, 1958-
Cambridge New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
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Notes:

  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-401) and indexs.
  • Space and geometry — Motions on the plane — The many symmetries of planar objects — The many objects with planar symmetries — Reflections on the mirror — A raw material — Stretching the plane — Aural wallpaper — The dawn of perspective — A repertoire of drawing systems — The vicissitudes of perspective — The vicissitudes of geometry — Symmetries in non-Euclidean geometries — The shape of the universe.

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Requested by Kurpiers, R

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