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In 1827 Möbius published his Der barycentrische Calcul [162] or The Barycentric Calculus.1 The word “barycentre” means centre of gravity, but the book is not about mechanics but geometry. It is most concerned with, and is best remembered for, introducing a new system of coordinates, the barycentric coordinates.
The best single source on Möbius is Möbius and his Band, Fauvel et al. (eds.) [73]. This chapter closely follows my account there, pp. 78–103.
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(2007). Across the Rhine — Möbius’s Algebraic Version of Projective Geometry. In: Worlds Out of Nothing. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-633-9_13
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