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Art, Belgian --- Art, Abstract --- Geometrical constructions in art
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Adopting an elegant geometrical approach, this advanced pedagogical text describes deep and intuitive methods for understanding the subtle logic of supersymmetry while avoiding lengthy computations. The book describes how complex results and formulae obtained using other approaches can be significantly simplified when translated to a geometric setting. Introductory chapters describe geometric structures in field theory in the general case, while detailed later chapters address specific structures such as parallel tensor fields, G-structures, and isometry groups. The relationship between structures in supergravity and periodic maps of algebraic manifolds, Kodaira-Spencer theory, modularity, and the arithmetic properties of supergravity are also addressed. Relevant geometric concepts are introduced and described in detail, providing a self-contained toolkit of useful techniques, formulae and constructions. Covering all the material necessary for the application of supersymmetric field theories to fundamental physical questions, this is an outstanding resource for graduate students and researchers in theoretical physics.
Supersymmetry. --- Geometrical constructions. --- Duality (Nuclear physics) --- Duality theory (Mathematics)
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Geometric constructions have been a popular part of mathematics throughout history. The ancient Greeks made the subject an art, which was enriched by the medieval Arabs but which required the algebra of the Renaissance for a thorough understanding. Through coordinate geometry, various geometric construction tools can be associated with various fields of real numbers. This book is about these associations. As specified by Plato, the game is played with a ruler and compass. The first chapter is informal and starts from scratch, introducing all the geometric constructions from high school that have been forgotten or were never seen. The second chapter formalizes Plato's game and examines problems from antiquity such as the impossibility of trisecting an arbitrary angle. After that, variations on Plato's theme are explored: using only a ruler, using only a compass, using toothpicks, using a ruler and dividers, using a marked rule, using a tomahawk, and ending with a chapter on geometric constructions by paperfolding. The author writes in a charming style and nicely intersperses history and philosophy within the mathematics. He hopes that readers will learn a little geometry and a little algebra while enjoying the effort. This is as much an algebra book as it is a geometry book. Since all the algebra and all the geometry that are needed is developed within the text, very little mathematical background is required to read this book. This text has been class tested for several semesters with a master's level class for secondary teachers.
514.115 --- Geometrical constructions --- Constructions, Geometric --- Constructions, Geometrical --- Geometric constructions --- Geometry --- Theory of geometric constructions --- Geometrical constructions. --- 514.115 Theory of geometric constructions --- Geometry. --- Mathematics --- Euclid's Elements
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Geometrical constructions in art --- Islamic art --- Design --- Constructions géométriques dans l'art --- Art islamique --- Design
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Geometrical constructions --- Geometry --- Mathematical recreations --- Constructions géométriques --- Jeux mathématiques --- Miscellanea
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Constructions géométriques. --- Geometrical constructions --- Histoire des mathematiques --- 19e siecle --- Document
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