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Within the hyperbolic plane, Euclidâs first four postulates hold true, however, the fifth parallel postulate is false. Penrose notes some interesting consequences of this are that the interior angles of a triangle do not add to Ď, the Pythagorean theorem fails to hold, and a given shape does not have a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Similarity_(geometry) similar] shape of a larger size. The idea of conformal representations is then introduced with the example that angular relations between lines in the Euclidean and this representation of the hyperbolic plane are precisely the same. | Within the hyperbolic plane, Euclidâs first four postulates hold true, however, the fifth parallel postulate is false. Penrose notes some interesting consequences of this are that the interior angles of a triangle do not add to Ď, the Pythagorean theorem fails to hold, and a given shape does not have a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Similarity_(geometry) similar] shape of a larger size. The idea of conformal representations is then introduced with the example that angular relations between lines in the Euclidean and this representation of the hyperbolic plane are precisely the same. | ||
Penrose then gives us the relation between the interior angles of the hyperbolic triangle to its area and says that while there is a sense of âunpleasantnessâ with the fact that the sum of the interior angles of a triangle within the hyperbolic frame do not add to Ď, there is something âelegant and remarkableâ in direct relation of these angles to the area of the triangle, which is impossible to show within the Euclidean framework. He then leaves us with the equation for hyperbolic distance and notes that with this, hyperbolic geometry has all the properties of Euclidean geometry apart from | Penrose then gives us the relation between the interior angles of the hyperbolic triangle to its area and says that while there is a sense of âunpleasantnessâ with the fact that the sum of the interior angles of a triangle within the hyperbolic frame do not add to Ď, there is something âelegant and remarkableâ in direct relation of these angles to the area of the triangle, which is impossible to show within the Euclidean framework. He then leaves us with the equation for hyperbolic distance and notes that with this, hyperbolic geometry has all the properties of Euclidean geometry apart from the parallel postulate allowing us to form [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congruence_(geometry)#:~:text=In%20geometry%2C%20two%20figures%20or,mirror%20image%20of%20the%20other. congruent] shapes. | ||
===2.5 Other representations of hyperbolic geometry=== | ===2.5 Other representations of hyperbolic geometry=== |