On the non-generic Tzitzeica-Johnson's Configuration

Boskoff, Wladimir G.; Bărcănescu, Şerban; Bobe, Alexandru

doi:10.2478/v10309-012-0036-1

Abstract

Working in the context of Hilbert's axiomatic system, we prove that the Tzitzeica-Johnson configuration has sense in neutral geometry. The elements of a Tzitzeica-Johnson configuration allow us to analyse the Euclidean or the non-Euclidean character of the metric of the plane

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