Bolyai
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In Russia, Nikolai Lobachevsky, and in Hungary János Bolyai, were also exploring the geometries of curved space.
From Forbes ● May 13, 2015
His memoir was published in 1831 as an appendix to a work by his father W. Bolyai, Tentamen juventutem....
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
All these results agree with those of Lobatchewsky and Bolyai.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
Apparently straight parallel lines drawn upon it would then diverge, as supposed by Bolyai.
From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon
John Bolyai, a Hungarian, obtained results closely corresponding to those of Lobatchewsky.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
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