riemannian geometry

Riemannian geometry

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noun riemannian geometry Also called elliptic geometry. the branch of non-Euclidean geometry that replaces the parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry with the postulate that in a plane every pair of distinct lines intersects. Compare hyperbolic geometry. 1
noun riemannian geometry the differential geometry of a metric space that generalizes a Euclidean space. 1
noun riemannian geometry a branch of non-Euclidean geometry in which a line may have many parallels through a given point. It has a model on the surface of a sphere, with lines represented by great circles 0
noun riemannian geometry a form of non-Euclidean geometry in which there are no parallel lines, since its figures can be conceived as constructed on a curved surface where all straight lines intersect, and in which the sum of the angles of a triangle exceeds 180° 0

before 1915

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First recorded in 1915-20

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