""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.
Edited by:
András Prékopa, Emil Molnár Imprint: Springer Verlag Country of Publication: United States Volume: v. 581 Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 28mm
Weight: 2.000kg ISBN:9780387295541 ISBN 10: 0387295542 Series:Mathematics and Its Applications Pages: 524 Publication Date:01 June 2006 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Further / Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
