parallel postulate
Axiom in Euclidean geometry
Also known as Euclid's fifth postulate · fifth postulate
- Instance of
Overview
All data
21 statements · 10% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Generalization of
- Pythagorean theorem
2
Sources- 1.“The Pythagorean Theorem is Equivalent to the Parallel Postulate”cut-the-knot.org/triangle/pythpar/PTimpliesPP.shtmlRetrieved 2024-04-16
- 2.Stated in Hidden harmonies: the lives and times of the Pythagorean theorem
- Pythagorean theorem
On other databases
11 identifiers linking parallel postulate across the web's reference databases
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDtopic/parallel-postulate
- Encyclopedia of Mathematics article IDFifth_postulate
- Freebase ID/m/01kcrj
- GND ID4173277-7
- MathWorld IDParallelPostulate
- Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)189160397
- NLab IDparallel postulate
- Online PWN Encyclopedia ID3899057
- PlanetMath IDParallelPostulate
- ProofWiki IDAxiom:Euclid's_Fifth_Postulate
- ScienceDirect topic IDmathematics/parallel-axiom