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Pure Mathematics: Geometry Example

The pope asked Giotto di Bondone to display his skills… He drew a perfect circle Below is Euclid’s definitions, postulates, and common notions from his book, The Elements. These are the things that are assumed to be true and never false in geometry. They may have older wording but take your time and absorb their […]

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Pure Mathematics: Algebra Example

“When did they start putting letters in it?” Below are the some definitions in Modern Algebra that we will use to prove the statement: “Let ☆ be defined on 2ℤ={2n|n∈ℤ} by a ☆ b = a + b. Prove that ⟨ℤ,☆⟩ is a group.” These definitions are assumed to be true and never false. Take your time […]