POINCARE, H. (HENRI). - A NEW MATHEMATICAL DISCIPLINE INTRODUCED.

Sur l'Analysis situs.

(Paris: Gauthier-Villars), 1892. 4to. No wrappers. In: "Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Seances de l'Academie des Sciences", Vol 115, No 18. Pp. (633-) 696. (Entire issue offered). Poincare's paper: pp. 633-637.

First printing of a seminal paper in mathematics, founding the field of ALGEBRAIC TOPOLOGY by announcing and setting the agenda for his 1895 paper. Analysis Situs describes the relative position between objects (points, lines, surfaces) without bothering about their sizes.

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