Same is true for a sphere. For example, if you draw a triangle with 1 vertex at the north pole and the other two on the equator, all the angles are 90 degrees. But if you move, say, the north pole vertex to be closer to the two in the equator, then you’d get a smaller sum.
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Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 month agoIf you draw a triangle on different parts of a toroid, would you get different angles?
WalrusDragonOnABike@reddthat.com 1 month ago
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Hmm… that’s a good point. Basically anything other than a flat surface will have these bizarre properties.
knightly@pawb.social 1 month ago
Yup! That saddle is a shape of constant negative curvature. On a toroid, the inside of the hole would have negagive curvature and the outside would have positive curvature.
Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 1 month ago
Wow. That would be truly bizarre kind of space to live in.