Euclid Geometry 9th
Euclid Geometry 9th
# Axiom – Obvious universal truth (assumptions) that are used throughout mathematics.
# Postulates – Assumptions specific to geometry.
NOTE- Axioms and Postulates are not proved.
NOTE --Though Euclid defined a point, a line, and a plane, the definitions are not
accepted by mathematicians. Therefore, these terms are now taken as undefined.
# Few Euclid’s Definition –
A point is that which has no part.
A straight line is a line which lies evenly with the points on itself.
A plane surface is a surface which lies evenly with the straight lines on itself.
# Euclid’s Axioms
1.Things which are equal to the same thing are equal to one another.
A=B C=B => A=C
3.If equals are subtracted from equals, the remainders are equal.
A=B
A-C = B-C
4.Things which coincide with one another are equal to one another.
6.Things which are double of the same things are equal to one another.
A=4
B= 2 X A and C= 2 X A
B=8 and C=8 => B=C
7.Things which are halves of the same things are equal to one another
A=4
B= (½) X A and C= (½) X A
B=2 and C=2 => B=C
# Euclid’s Postulates
Postulate 1 – A straight line can be drawn from one point to another point.
Axiom related to this postulate –
Given two distinct points, there is unique line that passes through them.