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This is an overview of some of the similarities and differences between structures such as frameworks and cabled tensegrities in the hyperbolic plane and hyperbolic space on the one hand and the Euclidean plane, the sphere and Euclidean space on the other hand.
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Connelly, R. (2006). Structures in Hyperbolic Space. In: Prékopa, A., Molnár, E. (eds) Non-Euclidean Geometries. Mathematics and Its Applications, vol 581. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-29555-0_9
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