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The study of shape, size, relative position of figures, and the properties of space. Euclid's Elements (c. 300 BCE) organized the subject axiomatically for over two thousand years; the discovery in the nineteenth century that Euclid's parallel postulate could be denied without contradiction opened non-Euclidean geometries, and later the coordinate and differential methods of Descartes and Riemann extended the subject to curved and higher-dimensional space. Geometric knowledge itself long predates Euclid's axiomatic treatment: Egyptian surveyors re-established field boundaries after the Nile's annual floods using practical rules for area and the right angle, Babylonian clay tablets record the same right-triangle relationship later called the Pythagorean theorem alongside other numerical geometry, and Chinese texts such as the Zhoubi Suanjing preserve an independent geometric derivation of that same relationship, called the gougu theorem. Euclid's achievement was to organize inherited geometric knowledge into one deductive system built from stated axioms, not to originate geometry itself.

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Central Question
What can be said about space, shape and figures, and by which method, synthetic construction, coordinates, or an axiom system stated abstractly? 2
Key Debate
Euclid's parallel postulate: is it a necessary truth about physical space, one Euclid himself seemed uneasy stating as an axiom, or merely one consistent choice among several equally valid geometries, as the nineteenth century's discovery of non-Euclidean geometry (Lobachevsky, Bolyai, Gauss) ultimately showed? 2
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1. Wikipedia: Geometry
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    Geometry is a branch of mathematics concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures.
  • Applications section
    Originally developed to model the physical world, geometry has applications in almost all sciences, and also in art, architecture, and other activities that are related to graphics.
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2. MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
University of St Andrews, School of Mathematics and Statistics
  • https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/HistTopics/Non-Euclidean_geometry/
    In about 300 BC Euclid wrote The Elements, a book which was to become one of the most famous books ever written.
  • Associated With: Euclid, https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Euclid/
    The Elements is remarkable for the clarity with which the theorems are stated and proved.
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Algebraic Geometry (Wikipedia)
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Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which uses abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, to solve geometrical problems.
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Kepler Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Pythagorean Theorem (Wikipedia)
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the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras's theorem is a fundamental relation in Euclidean geometry between the three sides of a right triangle.
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Poincare Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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In the mathematical field of geometric topology, the Poincaré conjecture (UK: , US: , French: [pwɛ̃kaʁe]) is a theorem about the characterization of the 3-sphere (the hypersphere that bounds the 4-ball in four-dimensional space).
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Hodge Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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the Hodge conjecture is a major unsolved problem in algebraic geometry and complex geometry
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Wikipedia: Heptadecagon
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In geometry, a heptadecagon, septadecagon or 17-gon is a seventeen-sided polygon.
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Trigonometry (Wikipedia)
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The field emerged in the Hellenistic world during the 3rd century BC from applications of geometry to astronomical studies.
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Lie Theory (Wikipedia)
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The subject is part of differential geometry since Lie groups are differentiable manifolds.
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Henri Brocard (MacTutor biography)
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Henri Brocard was a French mathematician best known for his discovery of the so-called Brocard points of a triangle.
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Zimmer's Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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Zimmer's conjecture is a statement in mathematics "which has to do with the circumstances under which geometric spaces exhibit certain kinds of symmetries." It was named after the mathematician Robert Zimmer.
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Tangent-secant theorem (Wikipedia)
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In Euclidean geometry, the tangent-secant theorem describes the relation of line segments created by a secant and a tangent line with the associated circle.
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Kissing Number (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, the kissing number of a mathematical space is defined as the greatest number of non-overlapping unit spheres (i.e., o
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Wikipedia: Torus
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In geometry, a torus (pl.: tori or toruses) is a surface of revolution generated by revolving a circle in three-dimensional space
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Dodecahedron (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, a dodecahedron or duodecahedron is any polyhedron with twelve flat faces.
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Wikipedia: Icosahedron
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In geometry, an icosahedron ( or ) is a polyhedron with 20 faces.
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Wikipedia: Tetrahedron
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In geometry, a tetrahedron (pl.: tetrahedra or tetrahedrons), also known as a triangular pyramid, is a polyhedron composed of four
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Cube (Wikipedia)
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A cube is a three-dimensional solid object in geometry.
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Octahedron (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, an octahedron (pl.: octahedra or octahedrons) is any polyhedron with eight faces.
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Wikipedia: Truncated icosahedron
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In geometry, the truncated icosahedron is a polyhedron that can be constructed by truncating all of the regular icosahedron's vert
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Rhombic dodecahedron (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, the rhombic dodecahedron is a convex polyhedron with 12 congruent rhombic faces.
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Icosidodecahedron (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, an icosidodecahedron or pentagonal gyrobirotunda is a polyhedron with twenty (icosi-) triangular faces and twelve (do
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Miquel's theorem, Wikipedia
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Miquel's theorem is a result in geometry, named after Auguste Miquel, concerning the intersection of three circles, each drawn thr
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Brianchon's theorem, Wikipedia
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In geometry, Brianchon's theorem is a theorem stating that when a hexagon is circumscribed around a conic section, its principal d
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Casey's theorem, Wikipedia
Includes: Casey's Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Casey's Theorem, Lead sentence
he generalized Ptolemy's theorem, is a theorem in Euclidean geometry named after the Irish mathematician John Casey.
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Carnot's theorem (inradius, circumradius) (Wikipedia)
Includes: Carnot's Theorem, Lead sentence
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In Euclidean geometry, Carnot's theorem (English: kar-NOH, French: [kaʁno]) states that the sum of the signed distances from the c
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Simson line - Wikipedia
Includes: Simson Line Theorem, Lead sentence
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In geometry, given a triangle ABC and a point P on its circumcircle, the three closest points to P on lines AB, AC, and BC are col
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Monge's theorem, Wikipedia
Includes: Monge's Theorem, Lead sentence
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In geometry, Monge's theorem, named after Gaspard Monge, states that for any three circles in a plane, none of which is completely
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British flag theorem (Wikipedia)
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In Euclidean geometry, the British flag theorem says that if a point P is chosen inside a rectangle ABCD then the sum of the squar
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Japanese theorem for cyclic polygons (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, the Japanese theorem states that no matter how one triangulates a cyclic polygon, the sum of inradii of triangles is
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Brahmagupta theorem (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, Brahmagupta's theorem states that if a cyclic quadrilateral is orthodiagonal (that is, has diagonals that are perpend
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Euler's rotation theorem (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, Euler's rotation theorem states that, in three-dimensional space, any displacement of a rigid body such that a point
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Anne's theorem (Wikipedia)
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Quote, Includes: Anne's Theorem, Lead sentence
In Euclidean geometry, Anne's theorem describes an equality of certain areas within a convex quadrilateral.
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Clifford's circle theorems (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, Clifford's theorems, named after the English geometer William Kingdon Clifford, are a sequence of theorems relating t
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Conway circle theorem (Wikipedia)
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In plane geometry, the Conway circle theorem states that when the sides meeting at each vertex of a triangle are extended by the l
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Crossbar theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Crossbar Theorem, Lead sentence
Quote, Includes: Crossbar Theorem, Lead sentence
In geometry, the crossbar theorem states that if ray AD is between ray AC and ray AB, then ray AD intersects line segment BC.
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Equal incircles theorem (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, the equal incircles theorem derives from a Japanese Sangaku, and pertains to the following construction: a series of
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Five circles theorem (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, the five circles theorem states that, given five circles centered on a common sixth circle and intersecting each othe
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Geometric mean theorem (Wikipedia)
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In Euclidean geometry, the right triangle altitude theorem or geometric mean theorem is a relation between the altitude on the hyp
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Hinge theorem (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, the hinge theorem (sometimes called the open mouth theorem) states that if two sides of one triangle are congruent to
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Hjelmslev's theorem (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, Hjelmslev's theorem, named after Johannes Hjelmslev, is the statement that if points P, Q, R...
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Inscribed angle (Wikipedia)
Includes: Inscribed Angle Theorem, Lead sentence
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In geometry, an inscribed angle is the angle formed in the interior of a circle when two chords intersect on the circle.
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Intercept theorem (Wikipedia)
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er theorem, is an important theorem in elementary geometry about the ratios of various line segments that are created if two rays
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Intersecting chords theorem (Wikipedia)
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In Euclidean geometry, the intersecting chords theorem, or just the chord theorem, is a statement that describes a relation of the
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Intersecting secants theorem (Wikipedia)
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In Euclidean geometry, the intersecting secants theorem or just secant theorem describes the relation of line segments created by
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Japanese theorem for cyclic quadrilaterals (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, the Japanese theorem states that the centers of the incircles of certain triangles inside a cyclic quadrilateral are
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Pompeiu's theorem (Wikipedia)
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Pompeiu's theorem is a result of plane geometry, discovered by the Romanian mathematician Dimitrie Pompeiu.
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Six circles theorem (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, the six circles theorem relates to a chain of six circles together with a triangle, such that each circle is tangent
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Spiral of Theodorus (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, the spiral of Theodorus (also called the square root spiral, Pythagorean spiral, or Pythagoras's snail) is a spiral c
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Translation (Geometry) (Wikipedia)
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In Euclidean geometry, a translation is a geometric transformation that moves every point of a figure, shape or space by the same
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Apeirogon (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, an apeirogon (from Ancient Greek ἄπειροv apeiron 'infinite, boundless' and γωνία gonia 'angle') or infinite polygon i
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Point at Infinity (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, a point at infinity or ideal point is an idealized limiting point at the "end" of each line.
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Point Reflection (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, a point reflection (also called a point inversion or central inversion) is a geometric transformation of affine space
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Shear Mapping (Wikipedia)
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In plane geometry, a shear mapping is an affine transformation that displaces each point in a fixed direction by an amount proport
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Spherinder (Wikipedia)
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In four-dimensional geometry, the spherinder, or spherical cylinder or spherical prism, is a geometric object, defined as the Cart
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Angle of Parallelism (Wikipedia)
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In hyperbolic geometry, angle of parallelism Π ( a ) is the angle at the non-right angle vertex of a right hyperbolic triangle hav
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Rectangle (Wikipedia)
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In Euclidean plane geometry, a rectangle is a rectilinear convex polygon or a quadrilateral with four right angles.
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Taxicab Geometry (Wikipedia)
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Taxicab geometry or Manhattan geometry is geometry where the familiar Euclidean distance is ignored, and the distance between two
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Square (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral.
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Isogonal Conjugate (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, the isogonal conjugate of a point P with respect to a triangle △ABC is constructed by reflecting the lines PA, PB, PC
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Dehn Invariant (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, the Dehn invariant is a value used to determine whether one polyhedron can be cut into pieces and reassembled ("disse
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Neusis construction (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, the neusis (νεῦσις; from Ancient Greek νεύειν (neuein) 'incline towards'; plural: νεύσεις, neuseis) is a geometric co
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Hyperboloid model (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, the hyperboloid model, also known as the Minkowski model after Hermann Minkowski, is a model of n-dimensional hyperbo
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Ideal Point (Wikipedia)
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In hyperbolic geometry, an ideal point, omega point or point at infinity is a well-defined point outside the hyperbolic plane or s
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Steiner-Lehmus theorem, Wikipedia
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Petersen-Morley theorem (Wikipedia)
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Finsler-Hadwiger theorem (Wikipedia)
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adwiger theorem is a statement in Euclidean plane geometry that describes a third square derived from any two squares that share a
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Saccheri-Legendre theorem (Wikipedia)
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Inscribed Square Problem (Wikipedia)
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e Toeplitz conjecture, is an unsolved question in geometry: Does every plane simple closed curve contain all four vertices of some
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Tammes Problem, Wikipedia
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In geometry, the Tammes problem is a problem in packing a given number of points on the surface of a sphere such that the minimum
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Wikipedia: Hypercube
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In geometry, a hypercube is an n-dimensional analogue of a square (n = 2) and a cube (n = 3); the special case for n = 4 is known
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Convex hull, Wikipedia
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In geometry, the convex hull, convex envelope or convex closure of a shape is the smallest convex set that contains it.
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Wikipedia: Great dodecahedron
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Wikipedia: Boy's surface
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In geometry, Boy's surface is an immersion of the real projective plane in three-dimensional space.
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Wikipedia: Small stellated dodecahedron
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Wikipedia: Kepler-Poinsot polyhedron
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Van Aubel's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Van Aubel's Theorem, Lead sentence
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In plane geometry, Van Aubel's theorem describes a relationship between squares constructed on the sides of a quadrilateral.
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Routh's theorem - Wikipedia
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In geometry, Routh's theorem determines the ratio of areas between a given triangle and a triangle formed by the pairwise intersec
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Erdos-Mordell inequality, Wikipedia
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Pitot theorem (Wikipedia)
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The Pitot theorem in geometry states that in a tangential quadrilateral the two pairs of opposite sides have the same total length
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Radon's theorem (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, Radon's theorem on convex sets, published by Johann Radon in 1921, states that:Any set of d + 2 points in Rd can be p
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Beckman Quarles theorem (Wikipedia)
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Heron's formula (Wikipedia)
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Cauchy's theorem (geometry) (Wikipedia)
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Cauchy's theorem is a theorem in geometry, named after Augustin Cauchy.
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Non-squeezing theorem (Wikipedia)
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one of the most important theorems in symplectic geometry.
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De Bruijn-Erdos theorem (incidence geometry) (Wikipedia)
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Art gallery problem (Wikipedia)
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well-studied visibility problem in computational geometry.
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Angle Bisector Theorem (Wikipedia)
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In geometry, the angle bisector theorem is concerned with the relative lengths of the two segments that a triangle's side is divid
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Bretschneider's formula, Wikipedia
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In geometry, Bretschneider's formula is a mathematical expression for the area of a general quadrilateral.
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Barbier's theorem (Wikipedia)
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Lester's theorem (Wikipedia)
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In Euclidean plane geometry, Lester's theorem states that in any scalene triangle, the two Fermat points, the nine-point center, a
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Mohr-Mascheroni theorem (Wikipedia)
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Pasch's theorem (Wikipedia)
Includes: Pasch's Theorem, Lead sentence
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In geometry, Pasch's theorem, stated in 1882 by the German mathematician Moritz Pasch, is a result in plane geometry which cannot
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Poncelet-Steiner theorem (Wikipedia)
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Delaunay Triangulation (Wikipedia)
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In computational geometry, a Delaunay triangulation or Delone triangulation of a set of points in the plane subdivides their conve
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Abraham Wald (Wikipedia)
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geometry
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Wikipedia: Olinde Rodrigues
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In mathematics Rodrigues is remembered for Rodrigues' rotation formula for vectors
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Wikipedia: Jakob Steiner
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a Swiss mathematician who worked primarily in geometry
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Wikipedia: Joseph Wolstenholme
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a Treatise on Solid Geometry was published in 1863
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Wikipedia: Karl von Staudt
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used synthetic geometry to provide a foundation for arithmetic
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Wikipedia: Joseph-Émile Barbier
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known for Barbier's theorem on the perimeter of curves of constant width
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Wikipedia: August Ferdinand Möbius
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Möbius was the first to introduce homogeneous coordinates into projective geometry.
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Wikipedia: Blaise Pascal
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His earliest mathematical work was on projective geometry; he wrote a significant treatise on the subject of conic sections at the age of 16.
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Wikipedia: Georg Alexander Pick
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Today he is best known for Pick's theorem for determining the area of lattice polygons.
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Wikipedia: Carl Anton Bretschneider
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Bretschneider worked in geometry, number theory, and history of geometry.
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Wikipedia: Helge von Koch
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Niels Fabian Helge von Koch (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈhɛ̂lɡe fɔ̌nː ˈkɔ̌kː]; 25 January 1870-11 March 1924) was a Swedish mathematician who gave his name to the famous fractal known as the Koch snowflake, one of the earliest fractal curves to be described.
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Wikipedia: Pierre Wantzel
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Pierre Laurent Wantzel (5 June 1814-21 May 1848) was a French mathematician who proved that several ancient geometric problems were impossible to solve using only compass and straightedge.
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Wikipedia: Giovanni Ceva
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Giovanni Ceva (September 1, 1647, May 13, 1734) was an Italian mathematician widely known for proving Ceva's theorem in elementary geometry.
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Wikipedia: Mikhael Gromov (mathematician)
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Mikhael Leonidovich Gromov (also Mikhail Gromov, Michael Gromov or Misha Gromov; Russian: Михаи́л Леони́дович Гро́мов; born 23 December 1943) is a Russian-French mathematician known for his work in geometry, analysis and group theory.
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Wikipedia: Frank Morley
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Frank Morley (September 9, 1860, October 17, 1937) was a leading mathematician, known mostly for his teaching and research in the fields of algebra and geometry.
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Wikipedia: Heinz Hopf
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Heinz Hopf (19 November 1894-3 June 1971) was a German mathematician who worked on the fields of dynamical systems, topology and geometry. == Early life and education == Hopf was born in Gräbschen, German Empire (now Grabiszyn, part of Wrocław, Poland), the son of Elizabeth (née Kirchner) and Wilh
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Wikipedia: Jean Gaston Darboux
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Darboux made several important contributions to geometry and mathematical analysis (see, for example, linear PDEs).
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Wikipedia: Hero of Alexandria
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In mathematics, he wrote a commentary on Euclid's Elements and a work on applied geometry known as the Metrica.
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Wikipedia: Max Dehn
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Max Wilhelm Dehn (November 13, 1878, June 27, 1952) was a German mathematician most famous for his work in geometry, topology and geometric group theory.
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Kalai's 3^d Conjecture, Wikipedia
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In geometry, more specifically in polytope theory, Kalai's 3d conjecture is a conjecture on the polyhedral combinatorics of centrally symmetric polytopes, made by Gil Kalai in 1989.
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Wikipedia: Real projective plane
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It is the setting for planar projective geometry, in which the relationships between objects are not considered to change under projective transformations.
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Geometric Shape
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In geometry, shape excludes information about the object's position, size, orientation and chirality.
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Geometric Transformation (Wikipedia)
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The study of geometry may be approached by the study of these transformations, such as in transformation geometry.
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Exterior angle theorem (Wikipedia)
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This is a fundamental result in absolute geometry because its proof does not depend upon the parallel postulate.
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Pappus, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St AndrewsIncludes: Pappus of Alexandria, Biography
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Pappus is the last of the great Greek geometers
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Gino Fano (1871-1952), Biography, MacTutor History of Mathematics
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whose work was mainly on projective and algebraic geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Reuleaux Triangle
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Geometry Plane Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Cuboctahedron
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Cuboctahedron, Subject classifications
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Geometry Solid Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Viviani's Theorem
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Viviani's Theorem, Subject classifications
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Geometry Plane Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Euler Brick
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Euler Brick, Subject classifications
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Geometry Solid Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Commandino's Theorem
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Commandino's Theorem, Subject classifications
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Geometry Line Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Perspective
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Perspective (Graphical), Subject classifications
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Geometry Projective Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Line (Geometry)
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Line (Geometry), Subject classifications
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Geometry Line Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Eccentricity
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Eccentricity (Mathematics), Subject classifications
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Geometry Curves
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Wolfram MathWorld: Isometry
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Isometry, Subject classifications
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Geometry Transformations
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Wolfram MathWorld: Reflection
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Reflection (mathematics), Subject classifications
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Geometry Transformations
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Wolfram MathWorld: Transformation
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Transformation (Function), Subject classifications
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Geometry Transformations
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Wolfram MathWorld: Orthographic Projection
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Orthographic Projection, Subject classifications
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Geometry Projective Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Disk
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Disk (Mathematics), Subject classifications
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Geometry Plane Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Euclidean Distance
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Euclidean Distance, Subject classifications
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Geometry Coordinate Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Distance
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Distance (Graph Theory), Subject classifications
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Geometry Distance
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Wolfram MathWorld: Abscissa
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Abscissa, Subject classifications
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Geometry Coordinate Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Cone
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Cone (Topology), Subject classifications
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Geometry Solid Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Origin
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Origin (Mathematics), Subject classifications
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Geometry Coordinate Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Squircle
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Geometry Plane Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Orthocenter
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Orthocenter, Subject classifications
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Geometry Plane Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Rodrigues' Rotation Formula
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Geometry Transformations
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Wolfram MathWorld: Voronoi Diagram
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Geometry Computational Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: K3 Surface
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: K3 Surface, Subject classifications
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Geometry Surfaces
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Wolfram MathWorld: Pythagorean Triple
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Pythagorean Triple, Subject classifications
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Geometry Plane Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Hausdorff Distance
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Hausdorff Distance, Subject classifications
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Geometry Distance
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Wolfram MathWorld: Schwarz Lantern
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Schwarz Lantern, Subject classifications
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Geometry Solid Geometry
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Wolfram MathWorld: Erdős-Anning Theorem
Wolfram MathWorldIncludes: Erdos-Anning Theorem, Subject classifications
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Geometry Points
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Rigid Transformation (Wikipedia)
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Euclidean transformation or Euclidean isometry) is a geometric transformation of a Euclidean space that preserves
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Wikipedia: Sierpinski carpet
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The Sierpiński carpet is a plane fractal first described by Wacław Sierpiński in 1916.
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Wikipedia: Menger sponge
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universal curve, Sierpiński cube, or Sierpiński sponge) is a fractal curve. It is a three-dimensional generalization of
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Wikipedia: Koch snowflake
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(also known as the Koch curve, Koch star, or Koch island is a fractal curve and one of the earliest fractals to have been
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Wikipedia: Apollonian gasket
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gasket, Apollonian net, or Apollonian circle packing is a fractal generated by starting with a triple of circles, each tangent to the other two, and successively
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Gilbert-Pollak conjecture (Wikipedia)
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is an unproven conjecture on the ratio of lengths of Steiner trees and Euclidean minimum spanning trees for the
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Penrose Tiling (Wikipedia)
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A Penrose tiling is an example of an aperiodic tiling. Here, a tiling is a covering of the plane by
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Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean theorem (Wikipedia)
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Garfield's proof of the Pythagorean theorem is an original proof of the Pythagorean theorem
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Crystallographic Restriction Theorem (Wikipedia)
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restriction theorem characterizes the possible orders of rotational symmetry in a lattice. In 2 or 3 dimensions, the rotational symmetries
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Euler's quadrilateral theorem (Wikipedia)
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Euler's quadrilateral theorem or Euler's law on quadrilaterals, named after Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), describes
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Theorem of the gnomon (Wikipedia)
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The theorem of the gnomon states that certain parallelograms occurring in a gnomon have areas of equal si
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Wolfram MathWorld: Shoelace Formula -- from Wolfram MathWorld
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Geometry Plane Geometry
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George Szekeres, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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George Szekeres was a Hungarian-born mathematician who worked for most of his life in Australia on geometry and combinatorics.
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Menelaus of Alexandria, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Menelaus was one of the later Greek geometers who applied spherical geometry to astronomy. He is best known for the so-called Menelaus's theorem.
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Moritz Pasch, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Moritz Pasch was a German mathematician who worked on the foundations of geometry. He found a number of assumptions in Euclid that nobody had noticed before.
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Piero della Francesca, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Piero della Francesca was an Italian artist who pioneered the use of perspective in Renaissance art and went on to write several mathematical treatises.
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Reinhold Baer, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Reinhold Baer 's mathematical work was wide ranging; topology, abelian groups and geometry. His most important work, however, was in group theory, on the extension problem for groups, finiteness conditions, soluble and nilpotent groups.
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Stefan Cohn-Vossen, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Stefan Cohn-Vossen was a mathematician, born in what is now Poland, who is known for his collaboration with David Hilbert on a geometry book.
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Tobias Mayer, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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During his time in Göttingen, he lectured on mathematics, mechanics and optics, and introduced projective methods into astronomy and geography.
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Wilhelm Blaschke, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Wilhelm Blaschke was an Austrian mathematician whose research was on various aspects of geometry. He also initiated the study of topological differential geometry.
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Ibn al-Haytham, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Al-Haytham is also known as Alhazen . He was an Islamic mathematician who wrote early works on optics as well as geometry and number theory.
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Robert Simson, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Robert Simson was a Scottish mathematician best known for the Simson line of a triangle, even though he was not the first discoverer of it.
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Benoît Mandelbrot, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Benoit Mandelbrot was largely responsible for the present interest in Fractal Geometry. He showed how Fractals can occur in many different places in both Mathematics and elsewhere in Nature.
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Lazare Carnot, Biography (MacTutor History of Mathematics)
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Lazare Carnot is best known as a geometer. In 1803 he published Géométrie de position in which sensed magnitudes were first systematically used in geometry.
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