Article ID: CBB111629243

Einstein on involutions in projective geometry (2021)

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We discuss Einstein’s knowledge of projective geometry. We show that two pages of Einstein’s Scratch Notebook from around 1912 with geometrical sketches can directly be associated with similar sketches in manuscript pages dating from his Princeton years. By this correspondence, we show that the sketches are all related to a common theme, the discussion of involution in a projective geometry setting with particular emphasis on the infinite point. We offer a conjecture as to the probable purpose of these geometric considerations.

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Authors & Contributors
Maurer, Bertram
Polak, Paweł
Graf-Grossmann, Claudia
Brewer, William D.
Margriet van der Heijden
Voelke, Jean-Daniel
Concepts
Mathematics
Projective geometry
Physics
Manuscripts
Geometry
Logic
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
17th century
20th century, late
Places
Great Britain
England
Cracow (Poland)
Ukraine
United States
Turkey
Institutions
Istanbul Darülfünunu
Royal Society of London
Uniwersytet Lwowski (Lwów, Poland)
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Università di Bologna
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