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| | | | | I have written about geometric construction a number of times on this blog, and on my website. I outlined my philosophical outlook on this topic here. Today I summarize some construction activities, a subset of the unit you can find on my website. ---------------------------------- Geometric construction with straightedge and compass is a standard topic in... | |
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| | | | | We were talking online1 recently about parallel lines that are intersected by a transversal, and that there are multiple ways a student could justify that two particular angles were congruent. Since there are several angle pair relationships in play here, a students solution path might not match the teachers right answer, which can be frustrating. | |
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| | | | | Gödel's theorems say something important about the limits of mathematical proof. Proofs in mathematics are (among other things) arguments. A typical mathematical argument may not be "inside" the universe it's saying something about. The Pythagorean theorem is a statement about the geometry of triangles, but it's hard to make a proof of it using nothing... | |
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