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Contribution of Bolyai, Gauss and Lobachevskiĭ to the discovery of non-Euclidean geometry (in connection with János Bolyai’s bicentenary). (English. Russian original) Zbl 1033.01013

Russ. Math. 46, No. 11, 1-5 (2002); translation from Izv. Vyssh. Uchebn. Zaved., Mat. 2002, No. 11, 3-7 (2002).
The author (re)tells the well known story of the first phase of the development of non-Euclidean geometries in the 19th century with C. F. Gauss, J. Bolyai, and N. I. Lobachevskii as main actors.

MSC:

01A55 History of mathematics in the 19th century
51-03 History of geometry
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