Charles Fefferman is the Herbert E. Jones, Jr., '43 University Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University. C. Robin Graham is professor of mathematics at the University of Washington. This book develops and applies a theory of the ambient metric in conformal geometry. This is a Lorentz metric in n+2 dimensions that encodes a conformal class of metrics in n dimensions. The ambient metric has an alternate incarnation as the Poincaré metric,...

Jacques Gasqui is Professor of Mathematics at Institut Fourier, Université de Grenoble I. Hubert Goldschmidt is Visiting Professor of Mathematics at Columbia University and Professeur des Universités in France. This book provides the first unified examination of the relationship between Radon transforms on symmetric spaces of compact type and the infinitesimal versions of two fundamental rigidity problems in Riemannian geometry. Its primary focus...

Introduces pyramids to young readers, including what they look like, how they work, and examples of different pyramidal shapes in the world.

A Fields medalist recounts his lifelong transnational effort to uncover the geometric shape, the Calabi-Yau manifold, that may store the hidden dimensions of our universe. Harvard geometer and Fields medalist Shing-Tung Yau has provided a mathematical foundation for string theory, offered new insights into black holes, and mathematically demonstrated the stability of our universe. In this autobiography, Yau reflects on his improbable journey to becoming...

Introduces prisms to young readers, including what they look like, how they work, and examples of different prism shapes in nature.

Introduces cones to young readers, including what they look like, how they work, and examples of different conical shapes in the world.

Introduces cylinders to young readers, including what they look like, how they work, and examples of different cylindrical shapes in the world.

"In Junk drawer geometry, educator Bobby Mercer provides readers with 50 creative geometry project ideas for engaged learning. Each activity includes a materials list and detailed, step-by-step, instructions with illustrations."-- Provided by publisher.

Introduces cubes to young readers, including what they look like, how they work, and examples of different cube shapes in the world.

Is there a secret visual language all around us? What's so special about the shape of the Great Pyramid? Why is there something so sixy about circles? How many ways can you tile the plane? Lavishly illustrated by the author, this enchanting small introduction to one of the oldest and most widely used ancient traditions on Earth will forever change the way you look at a triangle, arch, window, fabric repeat, ceramic pattern, graphic design, painting,...