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Mathematics Math21b Spring 2007
Linear Algebra and Differential Equations
Exhibit: History of linear space
Course Head:
Oliver Knill
Office: SciCtr 434
Email:
knill@math.harvard.edu
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Bretschers book gives on page 125 some information on the history of linear spaces. The 4 people on the right belong to the first who formalized geometry in n-dimensional space.
Jean D'Alembert (1717-1783) France
Hermann Grassmann (1809-1877) Germany
Ludwig Schläfli (1814-1895) Switzerland
Arthur Cayley (1821-1985) England
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Math21b |
Oliver Knill
| Spring 2007 |
Department of Mathematics
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Faculty of Art and Sciences
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Harvard University