Geometry in the Age of Enlightenment

2015/06/30 by Raymond O. Wells, Wells, Raymond O.
Engineering · Mathematics · #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #Differential Geometry (math.DG) #FOS: Mathematics #History and Overview (math.HO) #History and Theory of Mathematics #Mathematics and Applications #Mechanics and Biomechanics Studies

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1507.00060

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Abstract

This paper describes the evolution of aspects of differential and algebraic gometry from the mid 17th century till the end of the 18th century.

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