Examines various attempts to prove Euclid's parallel postulate — by the Greeks, Arabs and Renaissance mathematicians. It considers forerunners and founders such as Saccheri, Lambert, Legendre, W. Bolyai, Gauss, others. Includes 181 diagrams.
Publisher: Dover Publications (July 18, 2012)
Collection: Dover Books on Mathematics
Format: EPUB
Page count: 448 pages
Protection: DRM
Language: English
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