Parallel postulate
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title:
Parallel postulate
text:
In geometry, the parallel postulate, also called Euclid's fifth postulate because it is the fifth postulate in Euclid's Elements, is a distinctive axiom in Euclidean geometry. It states that, in two-dimensional geometry: If a line segment intersects two straight lines forming two interior angles on the same side that are less than two right angles, then the two lines, if extended indefinitely, meet on that side on which the angles sum to less than two right angles. This postulate does not specif
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Geometric axiom
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_postulate
date created:
2003-06-11T17:00:01Z
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2024-08-29T00:17:56Z
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