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János Bolyai was a 19th-century Hungarian mathematician who made groundbreaking discoveries in geometry by developing a consistent system of non-Euclidean geometry independent of other mathematicians working on the same problem. His work challenged centuries of assumptions about the nature of space and laid important foundations for modern mathematics and physics.
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- human
- Given name
- János
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austrian Empire
- Place of birth
- Cluj-Napoca
- Place of death
- Târgu Mureș
- Father
- Farkas Bolyai
- Occupation
- mathematician
- Employer
- Imperial Austrian Army
- Languages spoken
- German
- Notable work
- non-Euclidean geometry
- Doctoral advisor
- Farkas Bolyai
- Field of work
- mathematics
- Image
- Bolyai János portré a Kultúrpalotán.jpg
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- János Bolyai
- date of birth
- 1802-12-15
- date of death
- 1860-01-27
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- János Bolyai
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Bolyai János
- cause of death
- pneumonia
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- Bolyai János
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Encyclopedic overview
Memorial plaque of János Bolyai in Olomouc, Czech Republic
János Bolyai (/ˈbɔːljɔɪ/; Hungarian: [ˈjaːnoʃ ˈboːjɒi]; 15 December 1802 – 27 January 1860) or Johann Bolyai, was a Hungarian mathematician who developed absolute geometry—a geometry that includes both Euclidean geometry and hyperbolic geometry. The discovery of a consistent alternative geometry that might correspond to the structure of the universe helped to free mathematicians to study abstract concepts irrespective of any possible connection with the physical world.
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