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The common name , proposition , is applied indifferently , to theorems , problems , and lemmas . A corollary is an obvious consequence , deduced from one or several propositions .. A scholium is a remark on one or several preceding ...
The common name , proposition , is applied indifferently , to theorems , problems , and lemmas . A corollary is an obvious consequence , deduced from one or several propositions .. A scholium is a remark on one or several preceding ...
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B Let A and B be the two common points . In the first place it is evident that the two lines must coincide entirely between A and B , for otherwise there would be two straight lines between A and B , which is impossible ( Ax . 11 ) .
B Let A and B be the two common points . In the first place it is evident that the two lines must coincide entirely between A and B , for otherwise there would be two straight lines between A and B , which is impossible ( Ax . 11 ) .
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which can only be the case when the lines CD and CE coincide : therefore , the straight lines which have two points A and B common , cannot separate at any point , when produced ; hence they form one and the same straight line .
which can only be the case when the lines CD and CE coincide : therefore , the straight lines which have two points A and B common , cannot separate at any point , when produced ; hence they form one and the same straight line .
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Take away from both , the common angle ACE , there remains the angle ACD , equal to its opposite or vertical angle ECB ( Ax . 3. ) . Scholium . The four angles formed about a point by two straight lines , which intersect each other ...
Take away from both , the common angle ACE , there remains the angle ACD , equal to its opposite or vertical angle ECB ( Ax . 3. ) . Scholium . The four angles formed about a point by two straight lines , which intersect each other ...
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Then , the triangles BAD , DAC , will have all the sides of the one equal to those of the other , each to each ; for BA is equal to AC , B by hypothesis ; AD is common , and BD is equal to DC by construction : therefore , by the last ...
Then , the triangles BAD , DAC , will have all the sides of the one equal to those of the other , each to each ; for BA is equal to AC , B by hypothesis ; AD is common , and BD is equal to DC by construction : therefore , by the last ...
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| Title | Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry DAVIES' COURSE OF MATHEMATICS |
| Author | Adrien Marie Legendre |
| Editor | Charles Davies |
| Translated by | David Brewster |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes and Company, 1839 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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