Bolyai

[ baw-lyoi ]

noun

1. Já·nos [yah, -nawsh], 1802–60, Hungarian mathematician.

Example Sentences

One of the most determined aspirants in the quest to prove the parallel postulate from the first four postulates, and therefore show that it is not a postulate at all but a theorem, was János Bolyai, an engineering undergraduate from Transylvania.

From Literature

The greatest irony about the toppling of Euclid’s fifth postulate from the plinth of inviolable truth, however, is that several decades beforehand someone at the very heart of the mathematical establishment had indeed made the same discovery that János Bolyai and Nicolai Lobachevsky made; yet this man had withheld his results from his peers.

From Literature

In Russia, Nikolai Lobachevsky, and in Hungary János Bolyai, were also exploring the geometries of curved space.

From Forbes

"I actually went into the exchange myself and did a bunch of 'what ifs' to see if this was actually a better deal for them. In many cases it is," said Stephen Bolyai, the school's vice president for administration and finance.

From US News

The change in New Jersey began with advocacy by community college leaders, who said health insurance was getting so expensive students couldn't afford it, Bolyai said.

From US News