Egg-Forms and Measure-Bodies: Different Mathematical Practices in the Early History of the Modern Theory of Convexity

DOI10.1017/S0269889708002081zbMath1167.52001MaRDI QIDQ3613687

Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen

Publication date: 12 March 2009

Published in: Science in Context (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

convex bodiesovalsegg-surfaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) History of convex and discrete geometry (52-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

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