Absolute Geometry (original) (raw)
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Geometry which depends only on the first four of Euclid's postulates and not on the parallel postulate. Euclid himself used only the first four postulates for the first 28 propositions of the Elements, but was forced to invoke the parallel postulate on the 29th.
See also
Affine Geometry, Elements, Euclid's Postulates, Geometry,Ordered Geometry, Parallel Postulate
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References
Hofstadter, D. R. Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid. New York: Vintage Books, pp. 90-91, 1989.
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Absolute Geometry." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/AbsoluteGeometry.html