Gauss and non-Euclidean geometry
The work
| Authors | Jeremy Gray |
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| Editors | |
| Type | incollection |
| Year | 2006 |
| Citekey | gray2006gauss |
Where it appeared
| Published in | Non-Euclidean geometries: János Bolyai memorial volume |
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| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 61--80 |
Settled
| Abstract | No abstract: the piece opens straight into its text. Leaf 1 runs the title 'GAUSS AND NON-EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY', the byline 'Jeremy Gray', his affiliation at the Centre for the History of the Mathematical Sciences, Open University, Milton Keynes, and then a heading 'Introduction' followed by the first sentence: 'The claim, made on Gauss's behalf, that he was a, or even the, discoverer of non-Euclidean geometry is very hard to decide because the evidence is so slight.' No abstract, no summary. Established by reading the copy. |
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A copy is held
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How it got here
| How it got here | import via bibtex |
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| Added | 2026-08-04 00:00 UTC |
| Approved by | a person 2026-08-05 18:47 UTC |
Cite it as
@incollection{gray2006gauss,
title = {Gauss and non-Euclidean geometry},
author = {Jeremy Gray},
year = {2006},
booktitle = {Non-Euclidean geometries: János Bolyai memorial volume},
publisher = {Springer},
pages = {61--80},
}
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