Mathematician:Moritz Pasch
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Mathematician
German mathematician who specialized in the foundations of geometry.
His work served as the inspiration for work by Giuseppe Peano and David Hilbert in their work to re-axiomise the field of geometry.
Best known for his formulation of what is now known as Pasch's Axiom.
Nationality
German (born in what is now Poland).
History
- Born: 8 November 1843, Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland)
- Died: 20 September 1930 Bad Homburg, Germany
Theorems and Definitions
Results named for Moritz Pasch can be found here.
Axioms named for Moritz Pasch can be found here.
Publications
- 1882: Vorlesungen über neue Geometrie