Solutions Manual to Accompany Classical Geometry: Euclidean, Transformational, Inversive, and Projective

Written by well-known mathematical problem solvers, Classical Geometry: Euclidean, Transformational, Inversive, and Projective features up-to-date and applicable coverage of the wide spectrum of geometry and aids readers in learning the art of logical reasoning, modeling, and proof. With its reader-friendly approach, this undergraduate text features self-contained topical coverage and provides a large selection of solved exercises to aid in reader comprehension. Material in this text can be tailored for a one-, two-, or three-semester sequence.

PART I EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY

1 Congruency 3

2 Concurrency 11

3 Similarity 17

4 Theorems of Ceva and Menelaus 27

5 Area 31

6 Miscellaneous Topics 43

PART II TRANSFORMATIONAL GEOMETRY

7 Euclidean Transformations 57

8 The Algebra of Isometries 69

9 The Product of Direct Isometries 81

10 Symmetry and Groups 97

11 Homotheties 107

12 Tessellations 117

PART III INVERSIVE AND PROJECTIVE GEOMETRIES

13 Introduction to Inversive Geometry 127

14 Reciprocation and the Extended Plane 137

15 Cross Ratios 145

16 Introduction to Projective Geometry 153