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Old December 3rd, 2008, 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by magentarita View Post
I know that plane geometry is taught in most grades 3-12.
How many geometries are there?


Not a well deffines question.

Some are:

Hyperbolic, Elliptic, Projective, Cartesian, ..

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Also, is topology a branch of geometry?


Yes and No.
As always Wikipedia and Google are your friends


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