Theory of the imaginary and abstract geometry after Arthur Cayley. Philosophical reflections of a mathematician at the Victorian epoque.

zbMATH Open1176.01005MaRDI QIDQ3533377FDOQ3533377

Authors: Ivahn Smadja 

Publication date: 23 October 2008

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zbMATH Keywords

projective geometryimaginationArthur CayleyJohn Stuart Mill

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

Cited In (1)

• The artistic, algebraic, and severe ``Russian genius Arthur Cayley

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