CLIFFORD, W.K.

On Mr. Spottiswoode's Contact Problems.

(London, Harrison and Sons, 1874). 4to. No wrappers as extracted from "Philosophical Transactions" 1874 - Vol. 164 - Part II. Pp. 705-717.

First printing of one of Clifford's papers in geometry.
"William Clifford (1845-1879) was an important mathematician of his day. He is most remembered today for his invention of Clifford algebras, which are fundamental in modern differential geometry and mathematical physics. His ideas on the connection between energy and matter and the curvature of space were important in the eventual formulation of general relativity. Clifford was particularly interested in non-Euclidean geometry. However, in his relatively brief career, he made contributions to diverse fields of mathematics: elliptic functions, Riemann surfaces, biquaternions, motion in Euclidean and non-Euclidean space, spaces of constant curvature, syzygies, and so on."

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