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The Four Pillars of Geometry

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Stillwell, J. (2005). Non-Euclidean geometry. In: Axler, S., Ribet, K. (eds) The Four Pillars of Geometry. Undergraduate Texts in Mathematics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29052-4_8

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