Why Did Lagrange "Prove" the Parallel Postulate?

DOI10.4169/193009709X469779zbMath1163.01009OpenAlexW4250823513MaRDI QIDQ3606423

Judith V. Grabiner

Publication date: 26 February 2009

Published in: American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.4169/193009709x469779

zbMATH Keywords

non-Euclidean geometryLagrangeparallel postulate

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Euclidean geometries (general) and generalizations (51M05)

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