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Geometry

Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers.

In modern times, geometric concepts have been extended. They sometimes show a high level of abstraction and complexity. Geometry now uses methods of calculus and abstract algebra, so that many modern branches of the field are not easily recognizable as the descendants of early geometry. (See areas of mathematics.)

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The Pythagorean theorem:

a² + b² = c²

The Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras' theorem is a relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle. The theorem is named after the Greek mathematician Pythagoras, who is traditionally credited with its discovery, although knowledge of the theorem almost certainly predates him.

The theorem is as follows:

In any right triangle, the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of areas of the squares whose sides are the two legs (i.e. the two sides other than the hypotenuse).

This provides a simple relation among the three sides of a right triangle so that if the lengths of any two sides are known, the length of the third side can be found. This theorem may have more known proofs than any other. The Pythagorean Proposition, a book published in 1940, contains 370 proofs of Pythagoras' theorem, including one by American President James Garfield.

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Euclid of Alexandria

Euclid (also referred to as Euclid of Alexandria) (Greek: Εὐκλείδης) (c. 325–c. 265 BC), a Greek mathematician, who lived in Alexandria, Hellenistic Egypt, almost certainly during the reign of Ptolemy I (323 BC–283 BC), is often considered to be the "father of geometry". His most popular work, Elements, is thought to be one of the most successful textbooks in the history of mathematics. Within it, the properties of geometrical objects are deduced from a small set of axioms, thereby founding the axiomatic method of mathematics.

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The above shows an example of doubly ruled surface - the hyperboloid of one sheet. Although the wires are straight lines, they are lying within the surface. Through any point on this surface pass two straight lines, so it is doubly ruled.

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...that the hyperboloid of one sheet is a doubly ruled surface?
...that as the dimension of a hypersphere tends to infinity, its "volume" (content) tends to 0?
...that a nonconvex polygon with three convex vertices is called a pseudotriangle?
...that a regular heptagon is the regular polygon with the fewest number of sides which is not constructible with a compass and straightedge?
...that it is possible for a three dimensional figure to have a finite volume but infinite surface area? An example of this is Gabriel's Horn.

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point line line segment plane Hyperplane Geometric shape Polygon Polyhedron Platonic solid Archimedean solid Johnson solid List of basic geometry topics	Trigonometry Trigonometric functions Law of sines Law of cosines Law of tangents Trigonometric identity Pythagorean theorem Euler's formula De Moivre's formula List of trigonometric identities List of basic trigonometry topics List of trigonometry topics	Euclidean geometry Combinatorial Convex Discrete Plane geometry Solid geometry	Non-Euclidean geometry Conformal Elliptic Parabolic Hyperbolic Symplectic Spherical Affine Projective Riemannian
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Differential geometry Differential geometry of curves Differential geometry of surfaces Manifold Tensor analysis Jets Differential topology Fiber bundle connection List of differential geometry topics	Riemannian geometry Riemannian manifold Levi-Civita connection Geodesic Riemannian symmetric space Riemannian submanifold Curvature of Riemannian manifolds Isometry Laplace-Beltrami operator List of formulas in Riemannian geometry	Algebraic geometry Algebraic curve Algebraic surface (list) Algebraic group Complex manifold List of algebraic geometry topics	Lie group Index theory Homogeneous space List of mathematical shapes List of geometry topics

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