Appendix: The Theory of Space

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Author(s): Ferenc Kárteszi (Eds.)
Series: North-Holland Mathematics Studies 138
Edition: Facsimile of 1831 ed
Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
Year: 1987

Language: English
Pages: 3-239

Content:
Edited by
Page 3

Copyright page
Page 4

Preface to the English Edition
Pages 7-8
Ferenc Kárteszi

Part I Evolution of the Space Concept Up to the Discovery of Non-Euclidean Geometry
Pages 9-37

Part II The Absolute Geometry of János Bolyai. The Appendix
Pages 39-120

Part III Remarks
Pages 121-176

Part IV The Work of Bolyai as Reflected by Subsequent Investigations
Pages 177-179

Chapter I The Construction of Geometry by Elementary Methods
Pages 181-191

Chapter II The Consistency of Non-Euclidean Geometries
Pages 192-213

Chapter III The Effect of the Discovery of Non-Euclidean Geometry on Recent Evolution of Mathematics
Pages 214-219

Supplement Original Research Article
Pages 220-237
Barna Szénássy

Literature
Page 238

Supplementary Literature
Page 239