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Question
Attempts to prove Euclid’s fifth postulate using the other postulates and axioms led to the discovery of several other geometries.
Options
True
False
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Solution
This statement is True.
Explanation:
All attempts to prove the fifth postulate as a theorem led to a great achievement in the creation of several other geometries. These geometries are quite different from Euclidean geometry and called non-Euclidean geometry.
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