John Wesley Young
Encyclopedia
John Wesley Young was an American mathematician
who, with Oswald Veblen
, introduced the axioms of projective geometry
, coauthored a 2-volume work on them, and proved the Veblen–Young theorem
.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
who, with Oswald Veblen
Oswald Veblen
Oswald Veblen was an American mathematician, geometer and topologist, whose work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity. He proved the Jordan curve theorem in 1905.-Life:...
, introduced the axioms of projective geometry
Projective geometry
In mathematics, projective geometry is the study of geometric properties that are invariant under projective transformations. This means that, compared to elementary geometry, projective geometry has a different setting, projective space, and a selective set of basic geometric concepts...
, coauthored a 2-volume work on them, and proved the Veblen–Young theorem
Veblen–Young theorem
In mathematics, the Veblen–Young theorem, proved by , states that a projective space of dimension at least 3 can be constructed as the projective space associated to a vector space over a division ring....
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Publications
- Projective geometry with Oswald Veblen, Ginn and co., 1910–1918