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“In geometry, a ‘great circle’ is a flat plane that cuts through the middle of a sphere. Essentially, it becomes the longer line that was drawn around that sphere. In aviation navigation, a ‘great circle route’ is the shortest path between two points, and is achieved by finding the great circle that…”
“‘Non-Euclidean Geometry’ is the field of geometry as applied to non-flat surfaces and non-straight lines. Euclid was an ancient mathematician who published a work called The Elements . This laid out the basic, common principles of geometry that we know today. However, Euclid only dealt with flat,…”
