Biography |
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Acknowledgements |
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Prologue |
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1 | (14) |
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1 | (3) |
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4 | (5) |
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1.3 Preliminary Exercises |
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9 | (6) |
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2.1 Definitions and Basic Isometries |
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15 | (5) |
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16 | (4) |
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2.2 General Properties of Plane Isometries |
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20 | (18) |
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2.2.1 Fixed Points and Determination of Isometries |
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28 | (9) |
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37 | (1) |
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2.3 Compositions of Basic Isometries |
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38 | (25) |
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63 | (1) |
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2.4 The Set of All of Isometries |
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63 | (18) |
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2.4.1 General Result Revisited |
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79 | (2) |
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2.5 Geometric Determination of Basic Isometries |
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81 | (23) |
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2.5.1 Parallel Translations and their Characterization |
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81 | (2) |
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83 | (5) |
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2.5.3 Determination of the Center of a Rotation |
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88 | (8) |
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2.5.4 Reflections, Opposite Isometries and Glides |
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96 | (8) |
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2.6 Applications of Isometries |
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104 | (27) |
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2.6.1 Examples of Applications of Parallel Translation |
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104 | (4) |
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2.6.2 Examples of Applications of Rotation |
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108 | (10) |
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2.6.3 Examples of Applications of Reflection |
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118 | (13) |
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3 Exercises on Isometries |
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131 | (12) |
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3.1 Parallel Translations |
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131 | (2) |
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131 | (1) |
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3.1.2 Geometrical Constructions |
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131 | (1) |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (4) |
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133 | (2) |
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3.2.2 Geometrical Constructions |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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3.3 Reflections and Glides |
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137 | (6) |
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137 | (4) |
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3.3.2 Geometrical Constructions |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (1) |
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143 | (132) |
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4.1 Definitions and Basic Similarities |
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143 | (17) |
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144 | (16) |
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4.2 Homotheties and their Compositions |
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160 | (29) |
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4.2.1 Composition of Homotheties |
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164 | (5) |
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4.2.2 Compositions of Homotheties and Parallel Translations and their Algebraic Group |
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169 | (4) |
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4.2.3 Applications of Homothety |
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173 | (16) |
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4.3 General Properties of Plane Similarities |
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189 | (14) |
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4.4 Direct Similarities and their Algebraic Group |
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203 | (39) |
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4.4.1 Compositions of Homotheties and Rotations |
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203 | (4) |
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4.4.2 General Characterizations of Direct Similarities |
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207 | (3) |
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4.4.3 Determination of Direct Similarities |
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210 | (1) |
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4.4.4 Determination of the Center of a Direct Similarity |
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211 | (31) |
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4.5 Opposite Similarities |
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242 | (26) |
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4.5.1 Compositions of Homotheties and Reflections |
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242 | (1) |
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4.5.2 Determination of an Opposite Similarity |
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243 | (10) |
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4.5.3 Other Facts on the Center of an Opposite Similarity |
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253 | (1) |
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4.5.4 Other Facts on the Axes of an Opposite Similarity |
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253 | (4) |
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4.5.5 Additional Properties of the Center and the Axes of an Opposite Similarity and Harmonic Quadruples |
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257 | (7) |
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4.5.6 Coincidence of the Centers of the Direct and Opposite Similarities |
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264 | (4) |
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4.6 Applications of Similarities |
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268 | (7) |
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5 Exercises on Similarities |
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275 | (20) |
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5.1 Homotheties and Harmonic Quadruples |
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275 | (13) |
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275 | (8) |
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5.1.2 Geometrical Constructions |
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283 | (2) |
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285 | (3) |
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288 | (3) |
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288 | (1) |
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5.2.2 Geometrical Constructions |
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289 | (1) |
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289 | (2) |
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5.3 Opposite Similarities |
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291 | (4) |
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291 | (2) |
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5.3.2 Geometrical Constructions |
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293 | (1) |
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294 | (1) |
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6 The Transformation of Inversion |
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295 | (146) |
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6.1 Definitions and some properties |
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295 | (5) |
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6.1.1 Two Fundamental Properties of Inversions |
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298 | (2) |
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6.2 Invariant or Fixed Elements |
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300 | (13) |
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300 | (3) |
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6.2.2 Invariant Straight Lines |
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303 | (1) |
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303 | (10) |
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6.3 Determination of Inversions |
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313 | (5) |
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6.3.1 Inversion Expressed Analytically |
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317 | (1) |
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6.4 Inverses of Straight Lines and Circles |
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318 | (30) |
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6.4.1 Straight Lines Away from the Center of Inversion and Circles Passing through the Center of Inversion |
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318 | (6) |
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6.4.2 Images of Circles that do not Pass through the Center of Inversion |
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324 | (10) |
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6.4.3 Two Geometrical Constructions of Inverse Points and Polar Lines |
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334 | (2) |
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6.4.4 Some Short-cuts in Construction of Inverses |
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336 | (6) |
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6.4.5 Distance of Inverse Points |
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342 | (1) |
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6.4.6 Inversion Preserves Ratios Similar to Cross-Ratio |
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343 | (1) |
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6.4.7 About Angle Preservation by Inversions |
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344 | (4) |
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6.5 Some Compositions Involving Inversions |
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348 | (38) |
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6.5.1 Practical constructions of the radical axis of two circles that do not intersect |
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361 | (3) |
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6.5.2 An Important Property of the Poncelet Points |
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364 | (22) |
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386 | (46) |
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6.6.1 Seven Notable Theorems |
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386 | (26) |
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6.6.2 Examples Using Inversion |
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412 | (20) |
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432 | (9) |
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441 | (10) |
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441 | (8) |
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7.2 Geometrical Constructions |
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449 | (1) |
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450 | (1) |
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8 Exercises on Radical Axis |
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451 | (10) |
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451 | (7) |
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8.2 Geometrical Constructions |
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458 | (1) |
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459 | (2) |
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461 | (18) |
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461 | (12) |
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9.2 Geometrical Constructions |
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473 | (1) |
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474 | (3) |
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9.4 Exercises on the Appendix |
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477 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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479 | (2) |
Index |
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