Euclid's parallel postulate

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gptkbp:instanceOf geometric axiom
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs fifth postulate
gptkbp:alternativeTo Through a point not on a given line, there is exactly one line parallel to the given line.
gptkbp:category gptkb:Titan
gptkb:geometry
gptkbp:debatedBy mathematicians for centuries
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Euclid
gptkb:Elements
circa 300 BCE
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Euclid's parallel postulate
gptkbp:influenced development of elliptic geometry
development of hyperbolic geometry
gptkbp:logicalStatus independent of other Euclidean postulates
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Playfair's_axiom
parallel lines
gptkbp:state If a line segment intersects two straight lines forming two interior angles on the same side that sum to less than two right angles, then the two lines, if extended indefinitely, meet on that side on which the angles sum to less than two right angles.
gptkbp:subjectOf noncommutative geometry
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Non-Euclidean_geometry
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5