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Angles in the same segment are equal.

Author jpedPosted on 16th July 201428th March 2016Format GalleryCategories UncategorisedTags Euclid, geometry, igcse maths, math, mathematicsLeave a comment on

This pretty theorem details of the construct of triangles using well known I/GCSE circle theorems (Exterior Angle of Triangle and Cyclic Quadrilateral).  I like the petal effect in the middle.  Never come across the word species in conjunction with triangles before.

Author jpedPosted on 15th May 201428th March 2016Format GalleryCategories UncategorisedTags Euclid, gcse, geometry, igcse maths, mathematics, mathsLeave a comment on

Geometric Progressions, essential for Core AS mathematicians, appear in Victorian textbook, Synopsis of Elementary Results.  In the case where the sum to infinity exists, there is a nice proof by similar triangles.

Author jpedPosted on 14th May 201428th March 2016Format GalleryCategories UncategorisedTags as core mathematics, geometric progression, geometry, mathematics, maths, pure mathematicsLeave a comment on

Euclid Book II proposition 9 and 10 proved by area decomposition marries algebra and geometry with a recipe for making Tartans. 

Author jpedPosted on 1st May 201428th March 2016Format GalleryCategories UncategorisedTags Algebra, Euclid, geometry, kings school, math, mathematics, mathsLeave a comment on

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