Main entry:

Baglivo, Jenny A. (Jenny Antoinette)

Title & Author:

Incidence and symmetry in design and architecture / Jenny A. Baglivo and Jack E. Graver.

Publication:

Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983.

Description:

xi, 306 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Series:

Cambridge urban and architectural studies ; 7

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-301) and index.
Machine derived contents note: Forward; Preface; Part I. Incidence: Introduction; Section 1. Incidence and Graph Theory: 1. Topological transformations; 2. Basic graph theory; 3. Directed graphs; 4. Traversability; 5. Distance; Section II. Incidence in the Plane: 6. Maps; 7. Planar graphs; 8. Euler's formula; 9. Polyhedra; Section III. Further Applications of Graph Theory: 10. Bracing structures; 11. Optimal route design; 12. Mean distance; 13. Triangulations and organization graphs; Section IV. Topology of Surfaces: 14. Surfaces; 15. Maps on surfaces; 16. Tesselations of the plane; 17. Compact surfaces; Part II. Symmetry: Introduction; Section V. Symmetry and Group Theory: 18. Planar isometries; 19. Basic group theory; 20. Reflections on the plane; 21. The isometry group of the plane; Section VI. Symmetry in the Plane: 22. Discrete groups; 23. The circular groups; 24. The frieze groups; 25. The wallpaper groups; Section VII. Symmetry in Space: 26. Space isometries; 27. Discrete space groups; 28. The layer groups; 29. the rod groups; Section VIII. Symmetry and Enumeration: 30. A combinational approach to symmetry; 31. Graph symmetry; 32. Enumeration; 33. Fundamental architectural arrangements revisited; Bibliography; Indices.
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ISBN:

0521230438
9780521230438
0521297842 (pbk.)
9780521297844 (pbk.)

Subject:

Architectural design.
Graph theory.
Transformation groups.
Architecture Composition, proportion, etc.
Design architectural.
Théorie des graphes.
Groupes de transformations.
Architecture Composition, proportions, etc.
Architektur
Graphentheorie
Transformationsgruppe
Symmetry.
Architectural design Geometric aspects

Added entries:

Graver, Jack E., 1935-
Cambridge urban and architectural studies ; no. 7.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 4284
Call No.: PO1664; ID:85-B4172
Status: Available