Description
János Bolyai (1802-1860) was a Hungarian mathematician, who developed absolute geometry—a geometry that includes both Euclidean geometry and hyperbolic geometry. The discovery of a consistent alternative geometry that might correspond to the structure of the universe helped to free mathematicians to study abstract concepts irrespective of any possible connection with the physical world.
Front: The front of the coin has the mandatory elements (the denomination 3000 Forint, the circular legend Magyar Köztársaság, the mint mark BP. and The 10th figure of the Appendix about absulute geometry.
Back:The back bears the circular legend ‘JANOS BOLYAI 1802-2002’, along with an signature of János Bolyai and part of the titlepageof the Appendix
Keywords:science, mathematics, geometry, silver, 2002
