Sherman Stein, Sandor Szabó

Algebra and Tiling

Homomorphisms in the Service of Geometry

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A concise investigation into the connections between tiling space problems and algebraic ideas, suitable for undergraduates.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 147mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9780883850282
• ISBN-10: 0883850281
• Artikelnr.: 42458920

Autorenporträt

Sherman Stein received his PhD from Columbia University. His research interests are primarily algebra and combinatorics. He has received the Lester R. Ford prize for exposition. He is now retired from teaching at the University of California, Davis.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Minkowski's conjecture
2. Cubical clusters
3. Tiling by the semicross and cross
4. Packing and covering by the semicross and cross
5. Tiling by triangles of equal areas
6. Tiling by similar triangles
7. Rédei's theorem
8. Epilogue
Appendices
References.