Hyperbolic Geometry: An Introduction by Amber Case, Ignite Portland

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Amber Case gave her first lecture on Hyperbolic Geometry to her mathematics class at age 14. She hasn't given one since, but uses the mathematics all the time. Source: Ignite Portland.

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Hyperbolic Geometry - Index

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Hyperbolic geometry, also called Lobachevskian geometry or Bolyai-Lobachevskian geometry, is a non-Euclidean geometry, meaning that the parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry is replaced.

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Hyperbolic Geometry: The beautiful math of coral and crochet

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Science writer Margaret Wertheim re-creates the creatures of the coral reefs using a technique invented by a mathematician -- simultaneously celebrating the amazements of the reef, and deep-diving into the hyperbolic underpinnings of coral creation.

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