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Mathematicians born on this day:
1789 : Bordoni |
Mathematicians who died on this day:
1751 : Robins |
| John Playfair | Bernhard Riemann | A A Markov |
Bernhard Riemann (1826 - 1866)
Therefore, either the reality on which our space is based must form a discrete manifold or else the reason for the metric relationships must be sought for, externally, in the binding forces acting on it.
Lecture on the foundation of geometry
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