On the Medians of a Triangle in Hyperbolic Geometry

O. Bottema

Canadian Journal of Mathematics · 1958 · 11 citations · 0 references

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In non-Euclidean geometry the three medians of a triangle A 1 A 2 A 3 (each joining a vertex A i with the internal midpoint G i of the opposite side) are concurrent; their common point is the centroid G. But the Euclidean theorem ' which depends on similarity, does not hold.