A presentation on Euclids Geometry

1. Euclid’s Geometry

3. The word geometry is derived from the Greek word
“Geo” means the earth and “metron” means
measurement. Thus the word geometry means the
measurment of earth. Ancient Egyptians were the
first people to study geometry. They were mainly
concerned with problems of finding the areas of
plane figures such as triangles, rectangles etc.
Later Babylonians discovered formulae for finding
areas of various rectilinear figures.
He introduced the method of proving mathematical
results by using logical reasoning and the previously
proved result. The Geometry of plane figure is know
as "Euclidean Geometry".

4. Axioms or Postulates-
• are basic facts
which are obvious
and universal truths
and need no proof.
Theorems-
• are statements which
are proved , using
definitions, axioms,
previously proved
statements and
deducting reasoning.

5. Statements : A sentence which is either true or false but not
both, is called a statement.
eg. (i) 4+9=6 If is a false sentence, so it is a statement.
(ii) Sajnay is tall. This is not a statement because he may be
tall for certain persons and may not be taller for others.
Theorems : A statement that requires a proof
is called a theorem.
eg. (i) The sum of the angles of triangle is
1800.
(ii) The angles opposite to equal sides of a
triangles are equal.
Corollary - Result deduced from a theorem is
called its corollary.

6. Some undefined term There are three basic
concepts in geometry namely, point, line and plane.
It is not possible to define these three concepts
precisely. We can have a good idea of these
concepts by considering examples as given below.
Point: A point is represented by a fine dot made by a sharp
pencil on a sheet of paper.
Plane: The surface of a smooth wall, or the surface of a sheet
of paper or the surface of a smooth black board are close
example of a plane.Geometrical plane extend endlessly in all
dirrections.
Line:If we fold a paper the crease in the paper represents a
geometrical straight line.
A geometrical straight line is collection of points and extends
endlessly in both dirrections.

7. some Euclid's axioms are
(i) Things which are equal to the same thing are
equal to one another. i.e.
If a=b and b=c then a=c
(ii) If equals are added to equals, the wholes are
equal i.e.
If a=b then a+c=b+c
(iii) If equals are subtracted from equals, the
remainders are equal i.e.
If a=b then a-c=b-c
(iv) Things which coincide with one another are
equal to one another.
(v) The whole is greater than the part.

8. Incidence Axioms:
Axiom1: A line contains infinitely many
points.
Axiom2: Through a given points there pass
infinitely many lines.
Axiom3: Given two points A and B ,there is
only one line that contains both the points.
It follows from third axiom that a line is
completely known if we know the positions of
two distinct points on it. For this reasons a
line with two distinct points A and B on it is

9. Postulate 1
1. A straight line may be
drawn from any point
to any other point.
A
B

10. Postulate 2
• Any line segment can be extended
indefinitely to form a line
C
D
Given line segment CD, you can
extend it to make line CD

11. Postulate 3
• Given a line segment, a circle can
be drawn having the segment as
a radius and one endpoint as a
center

12. Postulate 4
•All right angles are
congruent
G
F
E
GFE 

14. If l is any line and P is any point not on l, then there exists
exactly one line m through P that is parallel to l.

15. In geometry, Playfair's axiom is an axiom that
can be used instead of the fifth postulate of
Euclid (the parallel postulate):
In a plane, given a line and a point not on it,
at most one line parallel to the given line can
be drawn through the point.
It is equivalent to Euclid's parallel postulate in
the context of Euclidean geometry and was
named after the Scottish mathematician John
Playfair.

16. Limit of postulate 5
•Postulate 5 is only true
in a _______ and cannot
be applied to
a_________
plane
curve

17. A set of axioms are called
consistent if it is impossible to
derive a contradiction from the
Axiom.
So when any system of axioms is
given, it needs to be ensured that
the system is consistent.

18. The Axioms of Incidence
The following axioms set out the basic incidence relations
between lines, points and planes.
Incidence between points and lines:
There are at least two distinct points.
There is one and only one line that contains two distinct
points.
Every line contains at least two distinct points.
Incidence between points and planes:
There are three points that do not all lie on the same line.
For any three points that do not lie on the same line there is a
one and only one plane that contains them.
Any plane contains at least three points.

19. Conjecture:A conjecture is a hypothesis
that appears to be true but has not yet been proved to be true.
“Every even number is the sum of two
primes”. For example
2 = 1 +1 12 = 7 + 5
4 = 2 + 2 14 = 7 + 7
6 = 3 + 3 16 = 13 + 3
8 = 5 + 3 18 = 13 + 5
10 = 5 + 5 20 = 17 + 3

20. Gold Bach's conjecture
“Every even number is the sum of two primes”.
This has been tested on computers up to the
number 100,000,000,000,000 and has been
found true for all these numbers.
But it has not yet been proved true for ALL
numbers, hence it is a conjecture.

21. Euclid's 23 definitions
Definition 1.
A point is that which has no part.
Definition 2.
A line is breathless length.
Definition 3.
The ends of a line are points.
Definition 4.
A straight line is a line which lies evenly with the points on
itself.
Definition 5.
A surface is that which has length and breadth only.
Definition 6.
The edges of a surface are lines.
Definition 7.
A plane surface is a surface which lies evenly with the
straight lines on itself.

22. Definition 8.
A plane angle is the inclination to one another of two lines in
a plane which meet one another and do not lie in a straight
line.
Definition 9.
And when the lines containing the angle are straight, the
angle is called rectilinear.
Definition 10.
When a straight line standing on a straight line makes the
adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the equal
angles is right, and the straight line standing on the other is
called a perpendicular to that on which it stands.
Definition 11.
An obtuse angle is an angle greater than a right angle.
Definition 12.
An acute angle is an angle less than a right angle.
Definition 13.
A boundary is that which is an extremity of anything.

23. Definition 14.
A figure is that which is contained by any boundary or boundaries.
Definition 15.
A circle is a plane figure contained by one line such that all the straight lines
falling upon it from one point among those lying within the figure equal one
another.
Definition 16.
And the point is called the center of the circle.
Definition 17.
A diameter of the circle is any straight line drawn through the center and
terminated in both directions by the circumference of the circle, and such a
straight line also bisects the circle.
Definition 18.
A semicircle is the figure contained by the diameter and the circumference cut off
by it. And the center of the semicircle is the same as that of the circle.
Definition 19.
Rectilinear figures are those which are contained by straight lines, trilateral
figures being those contained by three, quadrilateral those contained by four, and
multilateral those contained by more than four straight lines.

24. Definition 20.
Of trilateral figures, an equilateral triangle is that which has its three sides
equal, an isosceles triangle that which has two of its sides alone equal,
and a scalene triangle that which has its three sides unequal.
Definition 21.
Further, of trilateral figures, a right-angled triangle is that which has a
right angle, an obtuse-angled triangle that which has an obtuse angle, and
an acute-angled triangle that which has its three angles acute.
Definition 22.
Of quadrilateral figures, a square is that which is both equilateral and
right-angled; an oblong that which is right-angled but not equilateral; a
rhombus that which is equilateral but not right-angled; and a rhomboid
that which has its opposite sides and angles equal to one another but is
neither equilateral nor right-angled. And let quadrilaterals other than
these be called trapezia.
Definition 23
Parallel straight lines are straight lines which, being in the same plane
and being produced indefinitely in both directions, do not meet one
another in either direction.