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Lobachevski [lō′bə-chĕf′skē]Nikolai Ivanovich 1792-1856
- Russian mathematician who was a pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry.
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Lobachevski has proved not, by creating non-Euclidean geometry.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method
Henri Poincar
There is a sort of opposition between Riemann’s geometry and that of Lobachevski.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method
Henri Poincar
Thus, however far the consequences of Lobachevski’s hypotheses are pushed, they will never lead to a contradiction.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method
Henri Poincar
The two-dimensional geometries of Riemann and Lobachevski are thus correlated to the Euclidean geometry.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method
Henri Poincar
Beltrami has shown that the geometry of these surfaces is none other than that of Lobachevski.
The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method
Henri Poincar
