``Geometrical equations'': forgotten premises of Felix Klein's \textit{Erlanger Programm} (Q492781): Difference between revisions

This paper provides a valuable look at an active field of mathematics around 1872 that influenced Felix Klein: the investigations into certain equations of geometrical significance. A small but influential collection of mathematicians, who shaped Klein's early, and indeed lifelong, interests used overlapping methods of group theory, invariant theory, and projective geometry. Their work is helpfully presented in a way that illuminates not only Klein but an important period in the evolution of the mathematicians' understanding of complicated objects.