Perspective in Leibniz's invention of \textit{characteristica geometrica}: the problem of Desargues' influence

DOI10.1016/j.hm.2013.08.001zbMath1294.01012OpenAlexW1972363152MaRDI QIDQ391354

Valérie Debuiche

Publication date: 10 January 2014

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hm.2013.08.001

zbMATH Keywords

projective geometryLeibnizanalysis situscharacteristica geometricaDesargues

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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• Geometry and monadology. Leibniz's \textit{analysis situs} and philosophy of space
• The geometry of an art. The history of the mathematical theory of perspective from Alberti to Monge
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