Erlangen program
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erlangen-program-207-15269833
title:
Erlangen program
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In mathematics, the Erlangen program is a method of characterizing geometries based on group theory and projective geometry. It was published by Felix Klein in 1872 as Vergleichende Betrachtungen über neuere geometrische Forschungen. It is named after the University Erlangen-Nürnberg, where Klein worked. By 1872, non-Euclidean geometries had emerged, but without a way to determine their hierarchy and relationships. Klein's method was fundamentally innovative in three ways:
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- Projective
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Research program on the symmetries of geometry
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlangen_program
date created:
2003-06-10T10:19:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T05:07:43Z
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