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Spherical
Joshua Jacobs edited this page Oct 30, 2021
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In this geometry, any pair of non-antipodal points can be connected with a unique line segment; this is not the case for antipodal points like the N and S poles (Euclid's Postulate 1). Straight lines can still be extended indefinitely (Postulate 2). However, this does not mean that they are infinitely long, as Euclid probably intended: they eventually wrap back atop themselves. In addition, there are no such things as parallel lines in spherical geometry (Postulate 5).