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dc.contributor.authorSauer, Tilman-
dc.contributor.authorSchütz, Tobias-
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-27T07:41:32Z-
dc.date.available2021-09-27T07:41:32Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.urihttps://openscience.ub.uni-mainz.de/handle/20.500.12030/6379-
dc.description.abstractWe discuss Einstein’s knowledge of projective geometry. We show that two pages of Einstein’s Scratch Notebook from around 1912 with geometrical sketches can directly be associated with similar sketches in manuscript pages dating from his Princeton years. By this correspondence, we show that the sketches are all related to a common theme, the discussion of involution in a projective geometry setting with particular emphasis on the infinite point. We offer a conjecture as to the probable purpose of these geometric considerations.en_GB
dc.language.isoengde
dc.rightsCC BY*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subject.ddc510 Mathematikde_DE
dc.subject.ddc510 Mathematicsen_GB
dc.titleEinstein on involutions in projective geometryen_GB
dc.typeZeitschriftenaufsatzde
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-6369-
jgu.type.dinitypearticleen_GB
jgu.type.versionPublished versionde
jgu.type.resourceTextde
jgu.organisation.departmentFB 08 Physik, Mathematik u. Informatikde
jgu.organisation.number7940-
jgu.organisation.nameJohannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz-
jgu.rights.accessrightsopenAccess-
jgu.journal.titleArchive for history of exact sciencesde
jgu.journal.volume75de
jgu.pages.start523de
jgu.pages.end555de
jgu.publisher.year2021-
jgu.publisher.nameSpringerde
jgu.publisher.placeBerlin u.a.de
jgu.publisher.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00407-020-00270-zde
jgu.publisher.issn1432-0657de
jgu.organisation.placeMainz-
jgu.subject.ddccode510de
jgu.publisher.doi10.1007/s00407-020-00270-z
jgu.organisation.rorhttps://ror.org/023b0x485
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