RIEMANNIAN GEOMETRY


Meaning of RIEMANNIAN GEOMETRY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rē-ˈmä-nē-ən- ]

noun

Etymology: G. F. B. Riemann

Date: 1896

: a non-Euclidean geometry in which straight lines are geodesics and in which the parallel postulate is replaced by the postulate that every pair of straight lines intersects

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