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Categories: Non-Euclidean geometry, Classical geometry, Riemannian geometry, Metric geometry, Bernhard Riemann
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elliptic geometry  Riemannian geometry  Elliptic or Riemannian geometry  elliptic plane  elliptic space
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(mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle WordNet 3.0
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(mathematics) a non-Euclidean geometry that regards space as like a sphere and a line as like a great circle WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Riemannian geometry is the branch of differential geometry that studies Riemannian manifolds, defined as smooth manifolds with a Riemannian metric. Wikipedia
Elliptic geometry is an example of a geometry in which Euclid's parallel postulate does not hold. Wikipedia
Non-Euclidean geometry Wikidata
The branch of differential geometry that concerns Riemannian manifolds; an example of a geometry that involves Riemannian manifolds. Wiktionary
Branch of differential geometry. Wiktionary (translation)
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Bernhard Riemann pioneered elliptic geometry WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet