Taxicab Geometry: an adventure in non-Euclidean geometry
(2012)

Nonfiction

eBook

Provider: hoopla

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PUBLISHED
[United States] : Dover Publications : Made available through hoopla, 2012
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource

ISBN/ISSN
9780486136066 (electronic bk.) MWT11603022, 048613606X (electronic bk.) 11603022
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Fascinating, accessible introduction to unusual mathematical system in which distance is not measured by straight lines. Illustrated topics include applications to urban geography and comparisons to Euclidean geometry. Selected answers to problems

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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