Axioms of Euclidean Plane Geometry
The Existence and Incidence Postulates
The Distance and Ruler Postulates
The Plane Separation Postulate
The Protractor Postulate
The Side-Angle-Side Postulate and the Euclidean Parallel Postulate
Theorems of Euclidean Plane Geometry
The Exterior Angle Theorem
Triangle Congruence Theorems
The Alternate Interior Angles Theorem and the Angle Sum Theorem
Similar Triangles
Introduction to Transformations, Isometries, and Similarities
Transformations
Isometries and Similarities
Appendix: Proof of Surjectivity
Translations, Rotations, and Reflections
Translations
Rotations
Reflections
Appendix: Geometer’s Sketchpad Commands Required by Exploratory Activities
Compositions of Translations, Rotations, and Reflections
The Three Points Theorem
Rotations as Compositions of Two Reflections
Translations as Compositions of Two Halfturns or Two Reflections
The Angle Addition Theorem
Glide Reflections
Classification of Isometries
The Fundamental Theorem and Congruence
Classification of Isometries
Orientation and the Isometry Recognition Problem
The Geometry of Conjugation
Symmetry of Plane Figures
Groups of Isometries
Symmetry Type
Rosettes
Frieze Patterns
Wallpaper Patterns
Similarity
Plane Similarities
Classification of Dilatations
Classification of Similarities and the Similarity Recognition Problem
Conjugation and Similarity Symmetry
Appendix: Hints and Answers to Selected Exercises
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Ronald N. Umble is a professor of mathematics at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. He has directed numerous undergraduate research projects in mathematics. He received his Ph.D. in algebraic topology under the supervision of James D. Stasheff from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Zhigang Han is an assistant professor of mathematics at Millersville University of Pennsylvania. He earned his Ph.D. in symplectic geometry and topology under the supervision of Dusa McDuff from Stony Brook University.
"This book is designed for a one-semester course at the junior undergraduate level and turns especially to future educators in the USA. … The arrangement and clarity of the text meet the most demanding pedagogical and mathematical requirements. Highlights of the book are the classification of isometries and similarities of the Euclidean plane. … a wonderful first step into transformational plane geometry …"
—Zentralblatt MATH 1311
