Flavors of Geometry

Front Cover
Silvio Levy
Cambridge University Press, Sep 28, 1997 - Mathematics - 194 pages
Flavors of Geometry is a volume of lectures on four geometrically-influenced fields of mathematics that have experienced great development in recent years. Growing out of a series of introductory lectures given at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in January 1995 and January 1996, the book presents chapters by masters in their respective fields on hyperbolic geometry, dynamics in several complex variables, convex geometry, and volume estimation. Each lecture begins with a discussion of elementary concepts, examines the highlights of the field, and concludes with a look at more advanced material. The style and presentation of the chapters are clear and accessible, and most of the lectures are richly illustrated. Bibiliographies and indexes are included to encourage further reading on the topics discussed.
 

Contents

An Elementary Introduction to Modern Convex Geometry
1
Hyperbolic Geometry
59
Complex Dynamics in Several Variables
117
Volume Estimates and Rapid Mixing
151
CUMULATIVE INDEX
183
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Common terms and phrases

Popular passages

Page 177 - I. Barany and Z. Fiiredi. Computing the volume is difficult. Discrete Comput. Geom., 2:319-326, 1987.