Mathematics in perspective: Desargues, la Hire, le Poîvre

DOI10.1007/s00407-021-00275-2zbMath1485.01017OpenAlexW3105894913MaRDI QIDQ2052228

Jean-Yves Briend

Publication date: 25 November 2021

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-021-00275-2

zbMATH Keywords

projective geometryhistory of mathematics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 17th century (01A45) History of geometry (51-03)

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