Elliptical geometry in the context of Hyperbolic geometry


Elliptical geometry in the context of Hyperbolic geometry

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⭐ Core Definition: Elliptical geometry

Elliptic geometry is an example of a geometry in which Euclid's parallel postulate does not hold. Instead, as in spherical geometry, there are no parallel lines since any two lines must intersect. However, unlike in spherical geometry, two lines are usually assumed to intersect at a single point (rather than two). Because of this, the elliptic geometry described in this article is sometimes referred to as single elliptic geometry whereas spherical geometry is sometimes referred to as double elliptic geometry.

The appearance of work on this geometry in the nineteenth century stimulated the development of non-Euclidean geometry generally, including hyperbolic geometry.

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Elliptical geometry in the context of Ambient space

In mathematics, especially in geometry and topology, an ambient space is the space surrounding a mathematical object along with the object itself. For example, a 1-dimensional line may be studied in isolation —in which case the ambient space of is , or it may be studied as an object embedded in 2-dimensional Euclidean space —in which case the ambient space of is , or as an object embedded in 2-dimensional hyperbolic space —in which case the ambient space of is . To see why this makes a difference, consider the statement "Parallel lines never intersect." This is true if the ambient space is , but false if the ambient space is , because the geometric properties of are different from the geometric properties of . All spaces are subsets of their ambient space.

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