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Euclidean, hyperbolic, discrete, convex, coarse geometry, metric spaces, comparisons in Riemannian geometry, symmetric spaces.
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Is every elementary absolute geometry Euclidean or hyperbolic?
The answer is yes. The completion of a semi-elliptic plane is hyperbolic. The name probably comes from the fact that each pair of lines in it has either a point or a single perpendicular in common (in …
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Is there a straightedge and compass construction of incommensurables in the hyperbolic plane?
In other words, given a segment in the hyperbolic plane is there a straightedge and compass construction of a segment incommensurable with it? In the Euclidean plane one can take the diagonal of the s …
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Is every elementary absolute geometry Euclidean or hyperbolic?
Absolute geometry is any one that satisfies Hilbert's axioms of plane geometry without the axiom of parallels. It is well-known that it is either the Euclidean or a hyperbolic plane. For an elementary …