Download or read book A.D. Alexandrov written by S.S. Kutateladze and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2005-07-25 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A.D. Alexandrov is considered by many to be the father of intrinsic geometry, second only to Gauss in surface theory. That appraisal stems primarily from this masterpiece--now available in its entirely for the first time since its 1948 publication in Russian. Alexandrov's treatise begins with an outline of the basic concepts, definitions, and r