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Record Nr.

UNINA9910659479103321

Autore

Clark David M. <1947->

Titolo

A Full Axiomatic Development of High School Geometry / / David M. Clark and Samrat Pathania

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer Nature Switzerland AG, , [2023]

©2023

ISBN

3-031-23525-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (140 pages)

Disciplina

516

Soggetti

Geometry - Study and teaching (Secondary)

Geometry, Projective - Foundations

Geometria

Educació secundària

Llibres electrònics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foundational Principles -- Neutral Geometry -- Similar Figures -- Area Measure -- Angle Measure -- Trigonometry -- Circle Measure -- Consistency and Models -- Appendix A: Axioms -- Appendix B: MCL #9 -- Appendix C: Font Guide -- Appendix D: Theorem Index -- Appendix E: Notation Index -- Bibliography -- Index. .

Sommario/riassunto

This textbook provides a full and complete axiomatic development of exactly that part of plane Euclidean geometry that forms the standard content of high school geometry. It begins with a set of points, a measure of distance between pairs of points and ten simple axioms. From there the notions of length, area and angle measure, along with congruence and similarity, are carefully defined and their properties proven as theorems. It concludes with a proof of the consistency of the axioms used and a full description of their models. It is provided in guided inquiry (inquiry-based) format with the intention that students will be active learners, proving the theorems and presenting their proofs to their class with the instructor as a mentor and a guide. The book is written for graduate and advanced undergraduate students interested in teaching secondary school mathematics, for pure math



majors interested in learning about the foundations of geometry, for faculty preparing future secondary school teachers and as a reference for any professional mathematician. It is written with the hope of anchoring K-12 geometry in solid modern mathematics, thereby fortifying the teaching of secondary and tertiary geometry with a deep understanding of the subject.