Key developments in geometry in the 19th Century
History and Overview
2015-04-19 v1 Differential Geometry
Abstract
This paper describes several key discoveries in the 19th century that led to the modern theory of manifolds in the twentieth century: intrinsic differential geometry, projective geometry and higher dimensional manifolds and Riemannian geometry.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1301.0643,
title = {Key developments in geometry in the 19th Century},
author = {Raymond O. Wells},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.0643},
year = {2015}
}