Legendre's revolution (1794): the definition of symmetry in solid geometry

DOI10.1007/s00407-004-0090-9zbMath1139.01301OpenAlexW1986020693MaRDI QIDQ1775425

Bernard R. Goldstein, Giora Hon

Publication date: 3 May 2005

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-004-0090-9

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of geometry (51-03)

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