Sentence examples for applications of geometry from inspiring English sources

A final example of early modern applications of geometry to the physical world is the old problem of the size of the Earth.

Archimedes was most noted for his use of the Eudoxean method of exhaustion in the measurement of curved surfaces and volumes and for his applications of geometry to mechanics.

Freedman's publications include, with Frank Quinn, Topology of 4-Manifolds (1990); Surgery on Codimension 2 Submanifolds (1977); Classification of Four-Dimensional Spaces (1982); and, with Feng Luo, Selected Applications of Geometry to Low-Dimensional Topology (1989).

In addition to describing some of the achievements of the ancient Greeks, notably Euclid's logical development of geometry in the Elements, this article examines some applications of geometry to astronomy, cartography, and painting from classical Greece through medieval Islam and Renaissance Europe.

The application of geometry to astronomy reframed the perennial Greek pursuit of the nature of truth.

Brazil's frontier has never benefited from such an elegant application of geometry.

The breakthrough that gave Greek astronomy its own particular character was the application of geometry to cosmic problems.

And for an interesting application of geometry to baseball, consider the new dimensions of Citi Field, the home stadium for the New York Mets.

Poincaré thereby rules out any application of geometry to physics based on a structural isomorphism with a presupposed reality (Mette 1986: 75 80).

The chapter focuses on model characteristics for the application of geometry in problem solving for industrial engineering practice.

In imitation of the De aspectibus of Alhacen (Ibn al-Haytham), he provided an application of geometry to vision that within the terms of reference of his times was successful.