"In the sum \sigma of the three angles of a triangle (whose sides are arcs of s) is greater than two right angles [180°]; it can... be shown that this "spherical excess" is given by 2)\sigma - \pi = K \deltawhere \delta is the area of the spherical triangle and the angles are measured in s (in which 180° = \pi [radians]). Further, each full line (great circle) is of finite length 2 \pi R, and any two full lines meet in two points—there are no parallels!"

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