Bolyai
[ baw-lyoi ]
/ ˈbɔ lyɔɪ /
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noun
Já·nos [yah-nawsh], /ˈyɑ nɔʃ/, 1802–60, Hungarian mathematician.
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How to use Bolyai in a sentence
Many of the results afterwards obtained by Lobatchewsky and Bolyai are here developed.
John Bolyai, a Hungarian, obtained results closely corresponding to those of Lobatchewsky.
Bolyai (W.): Through three points not lying on a straight line a sphere can always be drawn.
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