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The origin of the notion of manifold

from Riemann's Habilitationsvortrag onward

Ken'ichi Ohshika

pp. 295-309

Abstrakt

In this chapter we survey how the notion of manifold was born, elaborated, and developed, starting from Riemann's Habilitationsvortrag. We also touch upon the philosophical side of this development.

Publication details

Published in:

Ji Lizhen, Papadopoulos Athanase, Yamada Sumio (2017) From Riemann to differential geometry and relativity. Dordrecht, Springer.

Seiten: 295-309

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-60039-0_9

Referenz:

Ohshika Ken'ichi (2017) „The origin of the notion of manifold: from Riemann's Habilitationsvortrag onward“, In: L. Ji, A. Papadopoulos & S. Yamada (eds.), From Riemann to differential geometry and relativity, Dordrecht, Springer, 295–309.