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Geometry
A European and an Arab practicing geometry in the 15th century
A European and an Arab practicing geometry in the 15th century
Woman teaching geometry. Illustration at the beginning of a medieval translation of Euclid's Elements, c. 1310.
Woman teaching geometry. Illustration at the beginning of a medieval translation of Euclid's Elements, c. 1310.
Visual checking of the Pythagorean theorem for the (3, 4, 5) triangle as in the Zhoubi Suanjing 500–200 BC. The Pythagorean theorem is a consequence o
Visual checking of the Pythagorean theorem for the (3, 4, 5) triangle as in the Zhoubi Suanjing 500–200 BC. The Pythagorean theorem is a consequence of the Euclidean metric.
Quintic Calabi–Yau threefold
Quintic Calabi–Yau threefold
This is the Ulam spiral, which illustrates the distribution of prime numbers. The dark diagonal lines in the spiral hint at the hypothesized approxima
This is the Ulam spiral, which illustrates the distribution of prime numbers. The dark diagonal lines in the spiral hint at the hypothesized approximate independence between being prime and being a value of a quadratic polynomial, a conjecture now known as Hardy and Littlewood's Conjecture F.
On the surface of a sphere, Euclidean geometry only applies as a local approximation. For larger scales the sum of the angles of a triangle is not equ
On the surface of a sphere, Euclidean geometry only applies as a local approximation. For larger scales the sum of the angles of a triangle is not equal to 180°.
Image of Problem 14 from the Egyptian Moscow Mathematical Papyrus. The problem includes a diagram indicating the dimensions of the truncated pyramid.
Image of Problem 14 from the Egyptian Moscow Mathematical Papyrus. The problem includes a diagram indicating the dimensions of the truncated pyramid.