Euclid's fifth postulate

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gptkbp:instanceOf mathematical postulate
gptkbp:allows gptkb:Euclidean_geometry
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs parallel postulate
gptkbp:alternativeTo Through a point not on a given line, there is exactly one line parallel to the given line.
gptkbp:date circa 300 BCE
gptkbp:debatedBy mathematicians for centuries
gptkbp:describes parallel lines
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Euclid
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Euclid's fifth postulate
gptkbp:influenced development of non-Euclidean geometry
gptkbp:originalStatement If a straight line falling on two straight lines makes the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which the angles are less than two right angles.
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Euclid's_Elements
gptkbp:rejectedIn gptkb:elliptic_geometry
gptkb:hyperbolic_geometry
gptkbp:statedIn gptkb:Book_I_of_Elements
gptkbp:subject gptkb:geometry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Playfair's_axiom
gptkb:Parallel_postulate
gptkb:Playfair's_Axiom
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6