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non-Euclidean geometry parallel lines Euclidean geometry postulate Pythagorean theorem side-angle-side theorem Riemannian geometry triangle inequality hyperbolic geometry method of exhaustion quadrature

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János Bolyai

Hungarian mathematician

Farkas Bolyai

Hungarian mathematician and writer

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