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Bolyai

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[baw-lyoi] / ˈbɔ lyɔɪ /

noun

  1. János 1802–60, Hungarian mathematician.


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

From Forbes • May 13, 2015

These he published in an appendix to a work by his father, entitled Appendix Scientiam spatii absolute veram exhibens: a veritate aut falsitate Bolyai.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

All these results agree with those of Lobatchewsky and Bolyai.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

This was done by Lobatchewsky and Bolyai, the one a Russian the other a Hungarian geometer, about 1830.

From Side-Lights on Astronomy and Kindred Fields of Popular Science by Newcomb, Simon

His memoir was published in 1831 as an appendix to a work by his father W. Bolyai, Tentamen juventutem....

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various