János Bolyai

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human mathematician

János Bolyai was a Hungarian mathematician renowned as one of the independent founders of non-Euclidean geometry.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
alternateName Johann Bolyai NERFINISHED ⓘ
János Jánosfi Bolyai NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1802-12-15 ⓘ
birthPlace Cluj NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kolozsvár NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
burialPlace Târgu Mureș NERFINISHED ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
contemporaryOf Nikolai Lobachevsky NERFINISHED ⓘ
contributedTo foundations of hyperbolic geometry ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 1860-01-27 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of Hungary NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marosvásárhely NERFINISHED ⓘ
Transylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
Târgu Mureș NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs one of the independent founders of non-Euclidean geometry ⓘ
educatedAt Imperial and Royal Military Engineering Academy in Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer Austrian Imperial Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Hungarians NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Bolyai NERFINISHED ⓘ
father Farkas Bolyai NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork geometry ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
non-Euclidean geometry ⓘ
givenName János NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHeritage Transylvanian Hungarian ⓘ
hasSignature signature of János Bolyai ⓘ
influencedBy Carl Friedrich Gauss NERFINISHED ⓘ
Farkas Bolyai NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Hungarian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
militaryRank officer ⓘ
mother Zsuzsanna Benkő NERFINISHED ⓘ
name János Bolyai NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor Appendix on absolute geometry NERFINISHED ⓘ
independent discovery of non-Euclidean geometry ⓘ
work on hyperbolic geometry ⓘ
notableWork Appendix scientiam spatii absolute veram exhibens NERFINISHED ⓘ
Appendix to the first volume of Farkas Bolyai’s Tentamen NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation mathematician ⓘ
military engineer ⓘ
parent Farkas Bolyai NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 1832 ⓘ

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Nikolai Lobachevsky → influenced → János Bolyai ⓘ
Non-Euclidean Geometry → developedBy → János Bolyai ⓘ
subject surface form: Non-Euclidean geometry