E-Book, Englisch, Band 581, 506 Seiten
Prékopa / Molnár Non-Euclidean Geometries
2006
ISBN: 978-0-387-29555-8
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
János Bolyai Memorial Volume
E-Book, Englisch, Band 581, 506 Seiten
Reihe: Mathematics and Its Applications
ISBN: 978-0-387-29555-8
Verlag: Springer US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
'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.
