Wallace-Bolyai-Gerwien Theorem/Historical Note

Historical Note on Wallace-Bolyai-Gerwien Theorem

William Wallace first formulated the theorem which would later be called the Wallace-Bolyai-Gerwien Theorem in $1807$.

Farkas Wolfgang Bolyai and Karl Ludwig Gerwien independently proved the same thing in $1833$ and $1835$ respectively.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): equidecomposable
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): dissection proof
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): equidecomposable