Euclid’s fifth postulate |
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| Authors: | Renuka Ravindran |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560 012, India |
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| Abstract: | In this article, we review the fifth postulate of Euclid and trace its long and glorious history. That after two thousand
years, it led to so much discussion and new ideas speaks for itself.
Renuka Ravindran was on the faculty of the Department of Mathematics, IISc, Bangalore. She was also Dean, Science Faculty
at IISc. She has been a visiting Professor at various universities in USA and Germany. |
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| Keywords: | Fifth postulate non-Euclidean geometry |
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