Publication:3050383

zbMath0415.01007MaRDI QIDQ3050383

Roberto Torretti

Publication date: 1978

zbMATH Keywords

philosophy of geometry from Riemann to Poincare

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A55: History of mathematics in the 19th century

51-03: History of geometry

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