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Renzo Caddeo () and Athanase Papadopoulos ()
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Renzo Caddeo: Universitá di Cagliari, Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica
Athanase Papadopoulos: Université de Strasbourg et CNRS, Institut de Recherche Mathématique Avancée

Chapter Chapter 1 in Spherical Geometry in the Eighteenth Century I, 2026, pp 1-7 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This is the introduction to the volume Spherical geometry in the eighteenth century, I: Euler, Lagrange and Lambert. The introduction contains a summary of the book, and at the same time it gives a detailed overview of the important works on spherical geometry done in the eighteenth century.

Keywords: Mathematics in the eighteenth century; Leonhard Euler; Joseph-Louis Lagrange; Johann Heinrich Lambert; Spherical trigonometry; Spherical geometry; Solid angle; Greek mathematics; Euclid; Proclus; Pythagorean mathematics; Plato; Anthyphairesis; Pappus problems; Menelaus theorem; Discovery of the sine rule; Geometry in the Middle-ages; Ibn ‘Irāq; Naṣı̄r al-Dı̄n al-Ṭūsı̄; Biographies; Foundations of mathematics; 01A20; 01A30; 01A50; 00A30; 03A05 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-12466-1_1

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