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Mercatorova projekce, loxodromy a souvislosti
Thesis title in Czech: Mercatorova projekce, loxodromy a souvislosti
Thesis title in English: Mercator projection, loxodromes, and related topics
Key words: Mercatorova projekce, loxodroma, stereogra fická projekce, exponenciální funkce v komplexním oboru
English key words: Mercator projection, loxodrome, stereographic projection, complex exponential function
Academic year of topic announcement: 2011/2012
Thesis type: Bachelor's thesis
Thesis language: čeština
Department: Department of Mathematics Education (32-KDM)
Supervisor: doc. RNDr. Antonín Slavík, Ph.D.
Author: hidden - assigned and confirmed by the Study Dept.
Date of registration: 06.10.2011
Date of assignment: 11.10.2011
Confirmed by Study dept. on: 21.10.2011
Date and time of defence: 21.06.2012 00:00
Date of electronic submission:23.05.2012
Date of submission of printed version:24.05.2012
Date of proceeded defence: 21.06.2012
Opponents: doc. RNDr. Leo Boček, CSc.
 
 
 
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Práce bude zaměřena na použití diferenciální geometrie v matematické kartografii. Pozornost bude věnována zejména Mercatorově projekci, loxodromám, jejich vzájemnému vztahu a dalším souvislostem. Kromě sféry budou uvažovány i další rotační plochy.
References
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2) J. Alexander, Loxodromes: A Rhumb Way to Go, Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 77, No. 5 (2004), 349-356

3) W. Pijls, Some Properties Related to Mercator Projection, The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 108, No. 6 (2001), 537-543

4) J. M. Sachs, A Curious Mixture of Maps, Dates, and Names, Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 3 (1987), 151-158

5) V. F. Rickey and P. M. Tuchinsky, An Application of Geography to Mathematics: History of the Integral of the Secant, Mathematics Magazine, Vol. 53, No. 3 (1980), 162-166

6) J. Nord and E. Miller, Mercator's Rhumb Lines: A Multivariable Application of Arc Length, The College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 27, No. 5 (1996), 384-387

7) E. Maor, Trigonometric Delights, Princeton University Press, 1998
 
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