The Erlangen programme was a method of characterizing geometries based on group theory, proposed by Felix Klein in 1872.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent, authoritative sources including Wikipedia, nLab, and an arXiv translation of Klein's original 1872 paper. [tier=silver indep_score=0.925 clusters=2 claim_tier=everyday]
Sources
- List of mathematics history topics (wikipedia)
- https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/Erlangen+program (corroboration)
- https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.3161 (corroboration)