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Alex Kontorovich on the Absolute Truth of Pure Math

The Joy of x

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Euclid's Fifth Postulate

Euclid's postulates describe flat geometry, but that's not the only kind of geometry out there. There are these other two geometries, curved geometrys hyperbolic and spherical geometry. And they have different rules. That's why no one could prove the fifth postulate, because it's not true in all geometry. But just by trying to prove that postulate, we discovered new kinds of geometry.

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