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H.S.M. Coxeter is one of the world''s best-known mathematicians who wrote several papers and books on geometry, algebra and topology, and finite mathematics. This book is being published in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Mathematical Society and it is a collection of 26 papers written by Dr. Coxeter.

Table of Contents
Partial table of contents:

The Nine Regular Solids.

The Regular Sponges, or Skew Polyhedra.

Two Aspects of the Regular 24-Cell.

The Densities of the Regular Polytopes I. The Densities of theRegular Polytopes II.

The Densities of the Regular Polytopes III.

A Challenging Definite Integral.

Groups Whose Fundamental Regions Are Simplexes.

Discrete Groups Generated by Reflections.

Finite Groups Generated by Reflections, and Their SubgroupsGenerated by Reflections.

Orthogonal Trees.

The Product of the Generators of a Finite Group Generated byReflections.

Extreme Forms.

Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes I. Regular and Semi-RegularPolytopes II.

Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III.

Factor Groups of the Braid Group.

Finite Groups Generated by Unitary Reflections.

Index.

Kaleidoscopes

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      Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Published 27 June 1995
      ISBN-13 9780471010036
      978-0471010036
      ISBN-10 0471010030
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      Mathematics

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      H.S.M. Coxeter is one of the world''s best-known mathematicians who wrote several papers and books on geometry, algebra and topology, and finite mathematics. This book is being published in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of the Canadian Mathematical Society and it is a collection of 26 papers written by Dr. Coxeter.

      Table of Contents
      Partial table of contents:

      The Nine Regular Solids.

      The Regular Sponges, or Skew Polyhedra.

      Two Aspects of the Regular 24-Cell.

      The Densities of the Regular Polytopes I. The Densities of theRegular Polytopes II.

      The Densities of the Regular Polytopes III.

      A Challenging Definite Integral.

      Groups Whose Fundamental Regions Are Simplexes.

      Discrete Groups Generated by Reflections.

      Finite Groups Generated by Reflections, and Their SubgroupsGenerated by Reflections.

      Orthogonal Trees.

      The Product of the Generators of a Finite Group Generated byReflections.

      Extreme Forms.

      Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes I. Regular and Semi-RegularPolytopes II.

      Regular and Semi-Regular Polytopes III.

      Factor Groups of the Braid Group.

      Finite Groups Generated by Unitary Reflections.

      Index.

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