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In Chapter 3 we saw that elliptic geometry is a non-Euclidean geometry, for any pair of elliptic lines intersect; that is, parallel lines do not exist in that geometry (denial N1 of Postulate V).
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(2007). Hyperbolic geometry. In: Introduction to Classical Geometries. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-7518-8_4
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