Elliptic or Riemannian geometry
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Elliptic or Riemannian geometry
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Elliptic geometry or Riemannian geometry is a non-Euclidean geometry, in which, given a line A and a point B outside A, there exists no line parallel to A passing through B.
Its simplest model is that of the Spherical geometry.
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External links
- All publications of Riemann can be found at: http://www.emis.de/classics/Riemann/
- MacTutor biography of Riemann: http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Riemann.html