Euler and Chebyshev: From the sphere to the plane and backwards
History and Overview
2016-08-10 v1 Differential Geometry
Geometric Topology
Abstract
We report on the works of Euler and Chebyshev on the drawing of geographical maps. We point out relations with questions about the fitting of garments that were studied by Chebyshev.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1608.02724,
title = {Euler and Chebyshev: From the sphere to the plane and backwards},
author = {Athanase Papadopoulos},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.02724},
year = {2016}
}