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[-] venoft@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

Yes but what if one side is so slightly curved that it's invisible to the naked eye? Then your total angles would be 179.99 degrees and it's not a triangle.

[-] Zipitydew@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

Non-Euclidian horrors beyond comprehension

[-] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 months ago

Commonly known as reality

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago

But isn't a curve just many angles next to one another?

[-] Hule@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yes, but infinitely many.

[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 month ago

From a calculus perspective, you may be able to define it as infinitely many angles infinitely close to one another, but I don't think that'd be a particularly good definition.

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