History of the parallel postulate

The work

AuthorsFlorence P. Lewis
Editors
Typearticle
Year1920
Citekeylewis1920history

Where it appeared

Published inThe American Mathematical Monthly
Volume27
Issue1
Pages16--23

Identifiers

DOI10.2307/2973238

Settled

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Cite it as

@article{lewis1920history,
  title        = {History of the parallel postulate},
  author       = {Florence P. Lewis},
  year         = {1920},
  journal      = {The American Mathematical Monthly},
  volume       = {27},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {16--23},
  doi          = {10.2307/2973238},
}

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