Mathematician:Moritz Pasch

Mathematician
German mathematician who specialized in the foundations of geometry.

His work served as the inspiration for work by and  in their work to re-axiomise the field of geometry.

Best known for his formulation of what is now known as Pasch's Axiom.

Nationality
German (born in what is now Poland).

History

 * Born: 8 November 1843, Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland)
 * Died: 20 September 1930 Bad Homburg, Germany

Theorems and Definitions

 * Pasch's Theorem
 * Pasch's Axiom
 * Ordered Geometry

Publications

 * 1882: Vorlesungen über neue Geometrie