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The Shape of Space: the Beginning of Non-Euclidean Geometry Summary
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During the nineteenth century several mathematicians realized, at about the same time, that a geometry based on Euclid's classic system was not the only possibility. A non-Euclidean universe was too strange for many to accept at first. Yet it...
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Non-Euclidean Geometry Summary
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The mathematics contained in Euclid's Elements are based on five axioms and five postulates. Euclid regarded these ten statements as fundamental truths that had to be accepted without proof. Later mathematicians asked whether all of these statements...
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Non-Euclidean Geometry Summary
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Non-Eucildean geometry is the study of spatial relationships in which the Euclidean parallel postulate is altered or replaced to produce a system in which the traditional properties of space are altered. As a 12-year-old, German-American physicist...
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Non-Euclidean Geometry Summary
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Non-Euclidean geometry refers to certain types of geometry which differ from plane and solid geometry which dominated the realm of mathematics for several centuries. There are other types of geometry which do not assume all of Euclid's postulates such...
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Non-Euclidean geometry Information
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In mathematics, non-Euclidean geometry describes hyperbolic and elliptic geometry, which are contrasted with Euclidean geometry. The essential difference between Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry is the nature of parallel lines. Euclid's 5th...


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Smarandache Notions Journal
On Smarandache mixed non-euclidean geometries.
01/01/2000: 692 words, approx. 2 pages
Abstract. In this short paper I compare the Smarandache's Non-Euclidean Geometries [2] with my Orientation Table For Any Science [1]. Introduction: Here it is An Orientation Table For Any Science (Natural or social) Building blocks: S = stable...
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Progress in Physics
Non-Euclidean geometry and gravitation.
04/01/2006: 6,571 words, approx. 22 pages
A great deal of misunderstandings and mathematical errors are involved in the currently accepted theory of the gravitational field generated by an isotropic spherical mass. The purpose of the present paper is to provide a short account of the rigorous mathematical theory and...
 


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