hyperbolic space

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Contrasting triangles in Euclidean, elliptic, and hyperbolic spaces.

Figure 4: Rays AM and AN from A parallel to MN in the hyperbolic plane.

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In hyperbolic space, in contrast to normal Euclidean space, Euclid’s fifth postulate (that one and only one line parallel to a given line can pass through a fixed point) does not hold. In non-Euclidean hyperbolic space, an infinite number of parallel lines can pass through such…
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In hyperbolic space, in contrast to normal Euclidean space, Euclid’s fifth postulate (that one and only one line parallel to a given line can pass through a fixed point) does not hold. In non-Euclidean hyperbolic space, an infinite number of parallel lines can pass through such…
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