Leibniz on the parallel postulate and the foundations of geometry: the unpublished manuscripts
Auteur :
De Risi, Vincenzo
Éditeur :
Birkhauser Verlag AG
ISBN :
9783319792880
Date de publication :
31 mars 2018
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Suisse
The book provides new material on the history of non-Euclidean geometry, stressing the previously neglected role of Leibniz in these developments.This volume will be of interest to historians in mathematics, philosophy or logic, as well as mathematicians interested in non-Euclidean geometry.