Congruent triangles

In this geometry we have the rather startling result that all similar triangles are congruent.

If the two triangles shown were similar but not congruent then it would be possible to move the triangle A'B'C', with at most one reflection about an angle bisector, to achieve the following diagram, where A' has been mapped onto A and the angles AC'B' and ACB are equal as are angles AB'C' and ABC.

But this would mean that the angles of the quadrilateral C'CBB' summed to 360 degrees, an impossibility. Hence the triangles are congruent.
 

Hyperbolic isometryCongruence continued


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