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Encyclopedia > Plane geometry

In mathematics, plane geometry may mean: Euclid, a famous Greek mathematician known as the father of geometry, is shown here in detail from The School of Athens by Raphael. ...

or sometimes In mathematics and astronomy, Euclidean space is a generalization of the 2- and 3-dimensional spaces studied by Euclid. ...

or Projective plane - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... In mathematics, the real projective plane is a two-dimensional manifold, that is, a surface, that has basic applications to geometry, but which cannot be embedded in our usual three-dimensional space. ... In mathematics, the complex projective plane, usually denoted CP2, is the two-dimensional complex projective space. ... A finite geometry is any geometric system that has only a finite number of points. ...

See also: plane curve. A triangle immersed in a saddle-shape plane, as well as two diverging parallel lines. ... Spherical geometry is the geometry of the two-dimensional surface of a sphere. ... In mathematics, the concept of a curve tries to capture our intuitive idea of a geometrical one-dimensional and continuous object. ...


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plane geometry - definition of plane geometry in Encyclopedia (600 words)
In mathematics, Euclidean geometry is the familiar kind of geometry on the plane or in three dimensions.
Plane geometry is the kind of geometry usually taught in high school.
The traditional presentation of Euclidean geometry is as an axiomatic system, setting out to prove all the "true statements" as theorems in geometry from a set of finite number of axioms.
Euclidean geometry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (861 words)
It is important to remember that, in the original and correct conception, geometry is, first of all, a physical science ("the noblest of the physical sciences"); that is, the logical definition of geometry (its fundamental assumptions or axioms) arises directly out of observation.
In Hyperbolic geometry the sum of the three angles are always less than 180 and can approach zero.
Tarski used his axioms to show Euclidean geometry is a complete decidable theory; that is, every proposition of Euclidean geometry can be shown to be either true or false.
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