In Euclidean geomrtry the perpendicular distance between the rays

Remains equal to the distance from P to Q as we move to the right .

However,in the early nineteenth century two alternative gerometries

Were proposed . in hyperbolic geometry [from the greek hyperballein

‘’to exceed’’] the distance between the rays increases. In elliptic

Geometry [from the greek elleipei to fall short] the distance de