A Mathematical Gift, I: The Interplay Between Topology, Functions, Geometry, and AlgebraThis book will bring the beauty and fun of learning mathematics to the classroom. It offers serious mathematics in a lively, reader-friendly style. Included are exercises and many figures that illustrate the main concepts. The first chapter presents the geometry and topology of surfaces. Among other topics, the authors discuss the Poincare-Hopf theorem on critical points of vector fields on surfaces and the Gauss-Bonnet theorem on the relation between curvature and topology (the Euler characteristics). The second chapter addresses various aspects of the concept of dimension, including the Peano curve and the Poincare approach. Also addressed are the structure of three-dimensional manifolds, in particular, provided that the three-dimensional sphere is the union of two doughnuts. This is the first of three volumes originating from a series of lectures given by the authors at Kyoto University (Japan). It is suitable for classroom use for high school mathematics teachers and undergraduate courses in science and liberal arts. |
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Contents
Invitation to Topology Viewing Figures Globally | 1 |
Introduction | 3 |
The Euler Characteristic | 5 |
Vortices Created by Winds and the Euler Characteristic | 25 |
Curvature of a Surface and the Euler Characteristic | 43 |
The Story of Dimension | 75 |
Introduction | 77 |
Learning to Appreciate Dimension | 79 |
What is Dimension? | 89 |
ThreeDimensional Figures | 107 |
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| Title | A Mathematical Gift, I: The Interplay Between Topology, Functions, Geometry, and Algebra Volume 1 of A Mathematical Gift: The Interplay Between Topology, Functions, Geometry, and Algebra, Shigeyuki Morita Mathematical world, ISSN 1055-9426 |
| Authors | Kenji Ueno, Kōji Shiga, Toshikazu Sunada, Shigeyuki Morita |
| Editor | American Mathematical Society |
| Translated by | Eiko Tyler |
| Contributor | American Mathematical Society Staff |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | American Mathematical Soc., 2003 |
| ISBN | 0821832824, 9780821832820 |
| Length | 136 pages |
| Subjects | › Mathematics / General |
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