where can i find examples: in geometry: egde, space, line, thereom,postulate,axiomatic system? please help?

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i need help and so do my partners. We are doing this project and we have looked every where. We have looked in glencoe, and math.glenoce please help. We've looked in the dictionary and all please help project due tomorrow.

Answer 1

you can find some stuff here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postulates
also in this one:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/EuclidsPostulates.html
Euclid's 5 postulates are here:
1. A straight line segment can be drawn joining any two points.

2. Any straight line segment can be extended indefinitely in a straight line.

3. Given any straight line segment, a circle can be drawn having the segment as radius and one endpoint as center.

4. All right angles are congruent.

5. If two lines are drawn which intersect a third in such a way that the sum of the inner angles on one side is less than two right angles, then the two lines inevitably must intersect each other on that side if extended far enough. This postulate is equivalent to what is known as the parallel postulate.

an axiomatic system is A logical system which possesses an explicitly stated set of axioms from which theorems can be derived.

more about Euclid's geometry:
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Elements.html
The classic treatise in geometry written by Euclid and used as a textbook for more than 1000 years in western Europe. An Arabic version The Elements appears at the end of the eighth century, and the first printed version was produced in 1482 (Tietze 1965, p. 8). The Elements, which went through more than 2000 editions and consisted of 465 propositions, are divided into 13 "books" (an archaic word for "chapters").

Just as advise, google yields very good results when one looks for information. .

Answer 2

I found one web site that has wonderful examples, but it doesn't list all the terms you asked about:

http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/geometry.htm

There's another that is a Geometry Glossary and should help you with theorem, postulate, etc...

http://library.thinkquest.org/28586/640x480x8/glossary/

Good luck on your project!