hyperbolic geometry


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Hyperbolic geometry
In mathematics, hyperbolic geometry (also called BolyaiLobachevskian geometry or Lobachevskian geometry) is a non-Euclidean geometry. In hyperbolic geometry the parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry is replaced with:
For any given line R and point P not on R, in the plane containing both line R and point P there are at least two distinct lines through P that do not intersect R.
(compare this with Playfair's axiom, the modern version of Euclid's  parallel postulate)

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