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The line war has begun (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We have geodesics for that.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

If anyone wants to grasp the basics: here is some fun reading (leading on to some beautiful math). Changing the idea of parallelity leads to hyperbolic geometry and other fun stuff. :)