Geometry in the Twentieth Century: A Return to Euclid – The Work of Herbert Busemann

Athanase Papadopoulos ()
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Athanase Papadopoulos: Université de Strasbourg and CNRS, Institut de Recherche Mathématique Avancée (IRMA) and Centre de Recherche et d’Expérimentation sur l’Acte Artistique (ITI CREAA)

A chapter in Handbook of the History and Philosophy of Mathematical Practice, 2024, pp 1885-1902 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This is an exposition of the work of Herbert Busemann (1905–1994), seen as a return to the geometry of Ancient Greece. The importance of this work, its recognition, and its relation with other works are discussed.

Keywords: Metric geometry; Metric spaces; G-spaces; Herbert Busemann; 01A60; 53C70; 53C45; 54E35 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-40846-5_60

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