Asok Kumar Mallik

Paperback

145 Pages

IISc Press

Geometry has been respected since ancient times even Plato’s academy warned that no one ignorant of geometry should enter. Although the golden period of Greek geometry ended long ago, geometry still remains an important part of school mathematics. Over the years many new subjects entered the curriculum, so the space for geometry became smaller. Still, everybody agrees that geometry is beautiful and helps us build logical thinking.

This book is not a school textbook. It is a small book meant for those students and adults who were once interested in geometry in school, but never had the chance to go a little deeper just for joy. It is also useful for mathematics teachers who want to present something extra to bright students to show that even in the 21st century, new and surprising results are still coming up in basic geometry.

In modern math competitions, many geometry questions are asked in MCQ format, because answer scripts are machine-checked. So instead of writing proofs, students are only asked for numbers like length, angle, or area. This book includes around forty such problems with detailed solutions.

The author has used many good sources, and listed them properly in the References. Finally, there is an Appendix to refresh common school geometry results for adults who may have forgotten the basics.

About the Author:

Asok Kumar Mallik is Honorary Dis-tinguished Professor at Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur. During 1971-2009 he was in the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He was a Commonwealth Scholar at The Insti-tute of Sound and Vibration Research at Southampton, England and an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at TH, Aachen and TU, Darmstadt in Germany. He has been elected a Fellow of The Indian National Academy of Engineering and all the three Science Academies of India. He has authored one book and several articles on high school mathematics.