Sentences with phrase «hyperbolic geometry»
The beauty of mathematics is on display: Hyperbolic geometry, fractal art, the golden ratio (Φ), Fibonacci series.
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In 1825 the Hungarian mathematician János Bolyai and the Russian mathematician Nicolay Lobachevsky independently rediscovered hyperbolic geometry.
When she was assigned to teach his class on hyperbolic geometry at Cornell, where she had an appointment as a visiting professor, she was forced to confront it.
Video - game designers can use hyperbolic geometry to create lifelike clothing and hair.
So you see why hyperbolic geometry is truly important.»
In hyperbolic geometry there are at least two distinct lines through P which do not intersect l, so the parallel postulate is false.
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■ Fr Girolamo Saccheri, SJ (1677 - 1733), Priest who developed the theorems of hyperbolic (non-Euclidian) geometry.
From alien angels to hyperbolic lamp shades, these works of art were created not with paintbrush or chisel, but with equations and geometry.
Hyperbolic space is a Pringle - like alternative to flat, Euclidean geometry where the normal rules don't apply: angles of a triangle add up to less than 180 degrees and Euclid's parallel postulate, governing the properties of parallel lines, breaks down.