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Non-Euclidean Geometries: Janos Bolyai Memorial Volume

By András Prékopa , Emil Molnár

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2005
ISBN
0387295542, 9780387295558, 9780387295541
Open Library ID
OL7445186M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
25 MB (25943135 bytes)
Series
Mathematics and Its Applications
Edition
1
Pages
496\496
Time added
2011-01-06 10:13:16

Description

"From nothing I have created a new different world," wrote János Bolyai to his father, Wolgang Bolyai, on November 3, 1823, to let him know his discovery of non-Euclidean geometry, as we call it today. The results of Bolyai and the co-discoverer, the Russian Lobachevskii, changed the course of mathematics, opened the way for modern physical theories of the twentieth century, and had an impact on the history of human culture. The papers in this volume, which commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of János Bolyai, were written by leading scientists of non-Euclidean geometry, its history, and its applications. Some of the papers present new discoveries about the life and works of János Bolyai and the history of non-Euclidean geometry, others deal with geometrical axiomatics; polyhedra; fractals; hyperbolic, Riemannian and discrete geometry; tilings; visualization; and applications in physics.

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