Neue Geometrie des Raumes gegründet auf die Betrachtung der geraden Linie als Raumelement
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The work "Neue Geometrie des Raumes gegründet auf die Betrachtung der geraden Linie als Raumelement" (New Geometry of Space Founded on the Treatment of the Straight Line as Space Element) was by Julius Plücker. This work, published posthumously, focused on line geometry, treating the straight line as the fundamental element of space. Plücker was a German mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to analytic and projective geometry. Projective geometry itself deals with properties of figures that remain unchanged when projected onto another surface. Plücker's approach, which considered lines as fundamental elements, led to the development of the principle of duality in projective geometry.12
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