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Pyramids Of Giza

stephenharmon1 — 2024-11-07 12:36:28 UTC

These are the Great Pyramids made in Egypt.

These have to do with geometry because there are triangles and points.

Eiffel Tower

stephenharmon1 — 2024-11-07 12:40:38 UTC

This is the Eiffel Tower located in France.

This is related to Geometry because it has points and you need to know geometry to build it.

Pythagorus

stephenharmon1 — 2024-11-07 13:28:01 UTC

This is Pythagorus a mathematician.

He made the pythagreom theorem which can be used in geometry.

Rhind Papyrus

stephenharmon1 — 2024-11-21 13:55:59 UTC

This is the Rhind Papyrus a Mathematical Papyri.

This is related to geometry because this is a Mathematical paper and Geometry is a math topic.

The Shatapatha Brahmana

stephenharmon1 — 2024-11-21 14:00:57 UTC

The Shatapatha Brahmana is a paper that showed sacrifice rituals and how to build them.

This paper is related to geometry because this paper shows early knowledge of geometry today.

Pappus Of Alexandria

stephenharmon1 — 2024-11-21 14:04:26 UTC

The Pappus Of Alexandria was written by a Greek mathmetician.

This is related to geometry because one of the theorems in this paper is based on modern projective geometry.

Plato

stephenharmon1 — 2024-11-23 15:20:13 UTC

This is plato a ancient philosopher in the classical period.

This is related to geometry because he wrote something called Meno which explains a lot about geometry.

Brahmaguptas Formula

stephenharmon1 — 2024-11-23 15:25:39 UTC

This is Brahmagupta an ancient mathmetician.

This is related to geometry because he was the first ever person to make a mathematical formula for a cyclic triangle.

Heron Formula

stephenharmon1 — 2024-11-23 15:32:06 UTC

This is Heron a mathematician in Alexandria.

This relates to geometry because he made the Herons formula which is used to calculate the area of a triangle when you know what all the sides equal.

Baudhayana

stephenharmon1 — 2024-11-23 15:44:12 UTC

This is Baudhayana a Ancient mathematician.

This relates to geometry because he wrote Baudhayana Sulba Sultra which is geometric text.

Thales

stephenharmon1 — 2024-11-23 19:04:53 UTC

This is Thales a Greek Philosopher.

This relates to geometry because he told us that a circle is split in half by its diameter.

Euclid's Elements

stephenharmon1 — 2024-12-18 20:16:07 UTC

This is the Euclid Elements a foundational text for geometry. This relates to geometry because when he wrote the elements it was a compilation of geometry knowledge.

Archimedes Contributions

stephenharmon1 — 2024-12-18 20:32:18 UTC

This is Archimedes a Greek Mathematician. He relates to geometry because he developed methods for calculating areas and volumes of shapes.

Quadrivium

stephenharmon1 — 2024-12-18 20:41:10 UTC

This is a book called Quadrivium which includes Arithmitic, Music, Astronomy, and Geometry. This book is what influenced people to study geometry in the middle ages.

Omar Khayyam

stephenharmon1 — 2024-12-18 21:12:15 UTC

This is Omar Khayyam an Islamic mathematician. This mathematician made advancements in algebra and geometry mostly in cubic equations.

Discovery of Conic Sections

stephenharmon1 — 2024-12-23 21:11:17 UTC

This is a photo of the Conic Sections. This was studied by someone named Apollonius and these sections helped because it layed the groundwork for later studies.

Alhazen Optics

stephenharmon1 — 2024-12-23 21:14:58 UTC

This is Alhazen an Arab Scientist. This is related to geometry because he was able to show how light and geometrical principles react.

Desargues Theorem

stephenharmon1 — 2024-12-23 21:17:41 UTC

This is Desargues a French Mathematician. He developed the theory of projective geometry.

Development of Analytic Geometry

stephenharmon1 — 2024-12-23 21:22:24 UTC

This is a photo of what is known as Analytic Geometry. This form of geometry was discovered by Rene Descartes and Pierre de Fermat and they figured it out by combining Algebra and Geometry by using coordinates.

Euler's Polyhedron Formula

stephenharmon1 — 2024-12-23 21:27:36 UTC

This is a photo of Leonhard Euler the mathematician that discovered the polyhedron formula. This relates to geometry because it shows the relationships between the vertices, edges, and faces of a polyhedron.