Janos bolyai biography for kids

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  • He spent a total of 11 years in military service and was reputed to be the best swordsman and dancer in the Austro-Hungarian Imperial Army.

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  • János Bolyai (15 December 1802 – 27 January 1860) or Johann Bolyai, was a Hungarian mathematician, who developed absolute geometry—a.

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      János Bolyai (15 December 1802 – 27 January 1860) or Johann Bolyai, was a Hungarian mathematician, who developed absolute geometry—a geometry that includes both Euclidean geometry and hyperbolic geometry.

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  • János Bolyai (15 December – 27 January ) or Johann Bolyai, was a Hungarian mathematician, who developed absolute geometry—a geometry that includes both Euclidean geometry and hyperbolic geometry.

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      János Bolyai (December 15, – January 27, ) was a Hungarian mathematician, known for his work in non-Euclidean geometry.

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    jános bolyai duel János Bolyai was a Hungarian mathematician and one of the founders of non-Euclidean geometry— a geometry that differs from Euclidean.
    jános bolyai non euclidean geometry Biography János Bolyai's parents were Zsuzsanna Benkö, from Kolozsvár, and Farkas Bolyai, from Bolya (near Nagyszeben).János was born in Zsuzsanna's parents home in Kolozsvár (now renamed Cluj in Romania) but soon went to Marosvásárhely where his father Farkas had a job at the Calvinist College teaching mathematics, physics and chemistry.
    janos bolyai pronunciation He was one of the leading mathematicians of his age, and the greatest Hungarian mathematician up to that period.

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      János Bolyai (Hungarian: [ˈjaːnoʃ ˈboːjɒi]; 15 December – 27 January ) or Johann Bolyai, [2] was a Hungarian mathematician who developed absolute geometry —a geometry that includes both Euclidean geometry and hyperbolic geometry.

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      János Bolyai was a pioneer of non-Euclidean geometry.

    Biography

    János Bolyai's parents were Zsuzsanna Benkö, from Kolozsvár, and Farkas Bolyai, from Bolya (near Nagyszeben). János was born in Zsuzsanna's parents home in Kolozsvár (now renamed Cluj in Romania) but soon went to Marosvásárhely where his father Farkas had a job at the Calvinist College teaching mathematics, physics and chemistry. Farkas Bolyai always wanted his son to be a mathematician, and he brought him up with this in mind. One might suppose that this would mean that János's education was put first in the Bolyai household, but this was not so for Farkas believed that a sound mind could only achieve great things if it was in a sound healthy body, so in his early years most attention was paid to János's physical development. It was clear from early on, however, that János was an extremely bright and observant child [7]:-
    ... when he was four he could distinguish certain geometrical figures, knew about the sine function, and could identify the best known constellation