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Three theorems of congruent triangles

Proof that the sum of the angles in a triangle is 180 degrees

Fundamental theorem of similarity

Area of a triangle

Pythagorean theorem

Chord in a circle

Three-dimensional shapes

Platonic solids

Figure 2: Illustration of Euclid's fifth postulate (see text).

quadrilateral of Omar Khayyam

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Three theorems of congruent triangles

Proof that the sum of the angles in a triangle is 180 degrees

Fundamental theorem of similarity

Area of a triangle

Pythagorean theorem

Chord in a circle

Three-dimensional shapes

Figure 2: Illustration of Euclid's fifth postulate (see text).

quadrilateral of Omar Khayyam

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Pythagorean theorem triangle inequality method of exhaustion quadrature parallel postulate side-angle-side theorem Cavalieri’s principle fundamental theorem of similarity method of indivisibles Thales’ rectangle topology analytic geometry differential geometry projective geometry non-Euclidean geometry algebraic geometry catastrophe theory Pappus’s theorem Ceva’s theorem length, area, and volume

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