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Poincaré and Klein — groups and geometries

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1830–1930: A Century of Geometry

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Gray, J.J. (1992). Poincaré and Klein — groups and geometries. In: Boi, L., Flament, D., Salanskis, JM. (eds) 1830–1930: A Century of Geometry. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 402. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-55408-4_51

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