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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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- Born
- 1802
- Died
- 1860
- Works
- 18
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- Geometriai vizsgálatai
- Geometrische Untersuchungen
- J. Bolyai Scientia spatii absolute vera
- Libellus post sæculum quam Ioannes Bolyai de Bolya anno MDCCCII A.D. XVIII kalendas ianuarias Claudiopoli natus est ad celebrandam memoriam eius immortalem
- The Science Absolute Of Space - Illustrated
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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.