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Geometry Background

Alfred Inselberg ()
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Alfred Inselberg: Tel Aviv University School of Mathematical Sciences

Chapter 2 in Parallel Coordinates, 2009, pp 7-48 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The Nile’s flooding in Egypt used to destroy landmarks and position markers,raising the need for reliable measurements and originating the development of geometry Geo-Гεω(for land) metry (for measure-μετρια).10 The Rhind Papyrus, which is in the British Museum, was written by an Egyptian priest named Ahmes about 1,800 B.C.E. It treats the measurement of planar regions and solids.

Keywords: Projective Plane; Ideal Point; Euclidean Geometry; Projective Geometry; Euclidean Plane (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-68628-8_2

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