This book provides an inquiry-based introduction to advanced Euclidean geometry. It utilizes dynamic geometry software, specifically GeoGebra, to explore the statements and proofs of many of the most ...
The course presents a rigorous treatment of the foundations of Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometries. The discovery of non-Euclidean geometry in the first half of the 19th century shattered the ...
Euclidean geometry is a mathematical well-known system attributed to the Greek mathematician Euclid of Alexandria. Euclid's text Elements was the first systematic discussion of geometry. It has been ...
In 1847, an eccentric British mathematician named Oliver Byrne released a new edition of Euclid’s famous mathematical treatise, The Elements of Geometry. Byrne added a rather longwinded but ultimately ...
It was always the last thing, right at the end of those pesky Euclidean geometry “proofs” — QED. It meant “it has been proven” or “what needed to be demonstrated as truth has now been demonstrated.” ...
There's a simple way to learn geometry over the summer. It is easy and fun. Imagine Euclidean geometry: the video game. If your experience in high school geometry was anything like mine, it probably ...
MR. FRANKLAND (NATURE, September 7) has raised the old problem of Bertrand's proof of the parallel-axiom by a consideration of infinite areas. This is perhaps the most subtle and the most specious of ...