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Introduction

In: The Geometric Vein

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  • Chandler Davis

    (University of Toronto, Department of Mathematics)

  • Branko Grünbaum

    (University of Washington, Department of Mathematics)

  • F. A. Sherk

    (University of Toronto, Department of Mathematics)

Abstract

Geometry has been defined as that part of mathematics which makes appeal to the sense of sight; but this definition is thrown in doubt by the existence of great geometers who were blind or nearly so, such as Leonhard Euler. Sometimes it seems that geometric methods in analysis, so-called, consist in having recourse to notions outside those apparently relevant, so that geometry must be the joining of unlike strands; but then what shall we say of the importance of axiomatic programmes in geometry, where reference to notions outside a restricted repertory is banned? Whatever its definition, geometry clearly has been more than the sum of its results, more than the consequences of some few axiom sets. It has been a major current in mathematics, with a distinctive approach and a distinctive spirit.

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  • Chandler Davis & Branko Grünbaum & F. A. Sherk, 1981. "Introduction," Springer Books, in: Chandler Davis & Branko Grünbaum & F. A. Sherk (ed.), The Geometric Vein, pages 1-3, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-1-4612-5648-9_1
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-5648-9_1
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