Editing Julius Plücker (section)

=== Early years ===
Plücker was born at [[Elberfeld]] (now part of [[Wuppertal]]). After being educated at [[Düsseldorf]] and at the universities of [[University of Bonn|Bonn]], [[University of Heidelberg|Heidelberg]] and [[University of Berlin|Berlin]] he went to [[University of Paris|Paris]] in 1823,<ref name = "Gedächtniss">{{cite journal|doi=10.11588/heidok.00012662|title=Zum Gedächtniss an Julius Plücker |year=1872|last1=Clebsch|first1=Alfred|journal=[[Abhandlungen der Königlichen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen]]|volume=16|doi-access=free}}</ref> where  he came under the influence of the great school of French geometers, whose founder, [[Gaspard Monge]], had only recently died.

In 1825 he returned to Bonn, and in 1828 was made professor of mathematics.<ref name="Gedächtniss"></ref>

In the same year he published the first volume of his ''Analytisch-geometrische Entwicklungen'', which introduced the method of "abridged notation".

In 1831 he published the second volume, in which he clearly established on a firm and independent basis [[projective duality]].