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John Wesley Young
American mathematician (1879-1932) · United States · On the map · Academics · Died at 52
John Wesley Young was an American mathematician who, with Oswald Veblen, introduced the axioms of projective geometry, coauthored a two-volume work on them, and proved the Veblen-Young theorem.
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He was a proponent of Euclidean geometry and held it to be substantially "more convenient to employ" than non-Euclidean geometry. His lectures on algebra and geometry were compiled in 1911 and released as Lectures on Fundamental Concepts of Algebra and Geometry.
Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1879 to 1932 · aged 52
