Encyclopedia > Elliptic or Riemannian geometry

Article Content

Elliptic or Riemannian geometry

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.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Bugatti

... road cars and its success in early Grand Prix racing, winning the first ever Monaco Grand Prix and with driver Jean-Pierre Wimille[?] they won the 1937 and 1939 24 hours of ...