The foundations of geometry and the history of geometry

DOI10.1007/BF03025299MaRDI QIDQ1582495zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Jeremy Gray

Publication date 11 October 2000

Published in The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03025299

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of geometry (51-03)

Review text

The author has a look at the early years of the axiomatization of geometry, and then considers the effect this philosophy of geometry had on the writing of the history of mathematics at that time.

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