1 Hyperbolic Geometry The fact that an essay on geometry such as ...

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1 Hyperbolic Geometry The fact that an essay on geometry such as this must include an additional qualifier signifying what kind of geometry is to be discussed is a relatively new requirement. From around 300 B.C. until the early 19th century, 'geometry' meant Euclidean geometry, for there were no competing systems to rival the intrinsic truth of Euclid's geometry put forth in his Elements. But a particularly troublesome piece of the Euclidean puzzle began to lead thinkers down new avenues of geometrical description.

• angle measure of a straight line
• euclid
• parallel postulate
• pq
• euclidean geometry
• parallel lines
• right angles
• side
• angle
• line