UponDavidHoffmanfellthedifficulttaskoftransformingthetightlyconstructedGermantextintoonewhichwouldmeshwellwiththemorerelaxedformatoftheGraduateTextsinMathematicsseries.Therearesomeelaborationsandseveralnewfigureshavebeenadded.ItrustthatthemeritsoftheGermaneditionhavesurvivedwhereasatthesametimetheeffortsofDavidhelpedtoelucidatethegeneralconceptionoftheCoursewherewetriedtoputGeometrybeforeFormalismwithoutgivingupmathematicalrigour.
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