Über die Hypothesen, welche der Geometrie zu Grunde liegen

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"Über die Hypothesen, welche der Geometrie zu Grunde liegen" is Bernhard Riemann’s seminal 1854 lecture that founded Riemannian geometry and revolutionized the understanding of space in mathematics and physics.


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instanceOf foundational text in geometry
mathematical lecture
scientific work
anticipated geometrization of gravitation
use of curved spacetime in physics
author Bernhard Riemann
authorOccupation mathematician
considered foundational work of Riemannian geometry
milestone in history of geometry
revolutionary for concept of space
context habilitation lecture
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Hanover
dateOfLecture 1854
field differential geometry
foundations of geometry
geometry
mathematical physics
mathematics
hasKeyConcept line element
local vs global properties of space
impactOn development of differential geometry
general relativity
mathematical physics
modern geometry
influencedBy Carl Friedrich Gauss
Euclidean geometry
non-Euclidean geometry
introduces Riemannian geometry
Riemannian manifold
Riemannian metric
concept of n-dimensional manifold
variable curvature of space
language German
laterPublishedIn Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen
originalTitle Über die Hypothesen, welche der Geometrie zu Grunde liegen
philosophicalAspect nature of space
relation between geometry and physical reality
placeOfLecture Georg-August-Universität Göttingen NERFINISHED
Göttingen
publicationType journal article
purpose habilitation in mathematics
supervisor Carl Friedrich Gauss
titleInEnglish On the Hypotheses which Lie at the Foundations of Geometry
topic axioms of geometry
curved spaces
foundations of space and geometry
generalization of Euclidean geometry
metric structure of space
year 1854

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Bernhard Riemann
Friedrich Bernhard Riemann ("Habilitation thesis on the hypotheses which lie at the foundations of geometry")
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Über die Hypothesen, welche der Geometrie zu Grunde liegen
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