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Non-Euclidean Geometry (Dover Books on Mathematics) - Softcover

Bonola, Roberto

 
9780486600277: Non-Euclidean Geometry (Dover Books on Mathematics)

Synopsis

Examines various attempts to prove Euclid's parallel postulate ― by the Greeks, Arabs and Renaissance mathematicians. Ranging through the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, it considers forerunners and founders such as Saccheri, Lambert, Legendre, W. Bolyai, Gauss, Schweikart, Taurinus, J. Bolyai and Lobachewsky. Includes 181 diagrams.

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