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Georg Friedrich Bernhard Riemann



Riemann, Georg Friedrich Bernhard (1826–66), German mathematician, whose best-known contribution is the initiation of studies of non-Euclidean geometry. Elliptic geometry is often referred to as Riemannian geometry.

See also: Geometry.

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