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Geometry Playground

by Daniel Heath (Pacific Lutheran University) and Joshua Jacobs (University of Washington)

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Activity: Comparing Spherical and Hyperbolic Geometries

This activity compares and contrasts Spherical and Hyperbolic geometries by performing similar constructions (triangles, perpendicular and parallel lines, circles) in both and examining the results.

Click here to open the Geometry Playground applet in a new window.

Click here to open a pdf file which contains the instructions for the activity.

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Heath, Daniel and Joshua Jacobs, "Geometry Playground," Loci (September 2010), DOI: 10.4169/loci003567


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