The equivalence of side-angle-side and side-side-side in the absolute plane

DOI10.1007/S00022-015-0264-4MaRDI QIDQ895720zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John R. Donnelly

Publication date 4 December 2015

Published in Journal of Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1007/s00022-015-0264-4

zbMATH Keywords

absolute planecongruencefoundations of geometrytriangles

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Absolute planes in metric geometry (51F05)

Review text

The author works with a system of axioms for absolute geometry introduced by \textit{G. D. Birkhoff} [Ann. Math. (2) 33, 329--345 (1932; JFM 58.1196.01)]. The real numbers are incorporated into this system. The author first investigates properties about the length of sides of a triangle. In his proofs he makes use of the real numbers and of continuous functions. Then he proves the uniqueness of perpendiculars. Finally he replaces the Side-Angle-Side axiom by a Side-Side-Side axiom and obtains the following result: Theorem (Side-Angle-Side). Given triangles \(\triangle ABC\) and \(\triangle DEF\), if \(\overline{AB} \simeq \overline{DE}\), \(\angle ABC \simeq \angle DEF\), and \(\overline{BC} \simeq \overline{EF}\), then \(\triangle ABC \simeq \triangle DEF\).

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