This chapter reviews the history of the space problem in mathematics, physics and philosophy, from antiquity (Greek philosophy and Euclid) through the concepts of Newton and Leibniz to the development of non-Euclidean and differential geometry.

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Historical Introduction

  • Jürgen Jost

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This chapter reviews the history of the space problem in mathematics, physics and philosophy, from antiquity (Greek philosophy and Euclid) through the concepts of Newton and Leibniz to the development of non-Euclidean and differential geometry.