The Rise and Fall of Descriptive Geometry in Denmark

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The Rise and Fall of Descriptive Geometry in Denmark. / Lützen, Jesper.

Descriptive Geometry, The Spread of a Polytechnic Art: The Legacy of Gaspard Monge. ed. / Évelyne Barbin; Marta Menghini; Klaus Volkert. Springer, 2019. p. 255-274 (International Studies in the History of Mathematics and its Teaching).

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Harvard

Lützen, J 2019, The Rise and Fall of Descriptive Geometry in Denmark. in É Barbin, M Menghini & K Volkert (eds), Descriptive Geometry, The Spread of a Polytechnic Art: The Legacy of Gaspard Monge. Springer, International Studies in the History of Mathematics and its Teaching, pp. 255-274. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14808-9

APA

Lützen, J. (2019). The Rise and Fall of Descriptive Geometry in Denmark. In É. Barbin, M. Menghini, & K. Volkert (Eds.), Descriptive Geometry, The Spread of a Polytechnic Art: The Legacy of Gaspard Monge (pp. 255-274). Springer. International Studies in the History of Mathematics and its Teaching https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14808-9

Vancouver

Lützen J. The Rise and Fall of Descriptive Geometry in Denmark. In Barbin É, Menghini M, Volkert K, editors, Descriptive Geometry, The Spread of a Polytechnic Art: The Legacy of Gaspard Monge. Springer. 2019. p. 255-274. (International Studies in the History of Mathematics and its Teaching). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14808-9

Author

Lützen, Jesper. / The Rise and Fall of Descriptive Geometry in Denmark. Descriptive Geometry, The Spread of a Polytechnic Art: The Legacy of Gaspard Monge. editor / Évelyne Barbin ; Marta Menghini ; Klaus Volkert. Springer, 2019. pp. 255-274 (International Studies in the History of Mathematics and its Teaching).

Bibtex

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