{"product_id":"9781442651548","title":"n-Gons","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book, a translation of the German volume \u003cem\u003en-Ecke\u003c\/em\u003e, presents an elegant geometric theory which, starting from quite elementary geometrical observations, exhibits an interesting connection between geometry and fundamental ideas of modern algebra in a form that is easily accessible to the student who lacks a sophisticated background in mathematics. It stimulates geometrical thought by applying the tools of linear algebra and the algebra of polynomials to a concrete geometrical situation to reveal some rather surprising insights into the geometry of \u003cem\u003en-gons\u003c\/em\u003e. The twelve chapters treat \u003cem\u003en-gons\u003c\/em\u003e, classes of n-gons, and mapping of the set of n-gons into itself. Exercises are included throughout, and two appendixes, by Henner Kinder and Eckart Schmidt, provide background material on lattices and cyclotomic polynomials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Mathematical Expositions No. 18)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030548300016,"sku":"9781442651548","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442651548_p0.jpg?v=1763806970","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442651548","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}