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  2. Spiral similarity - Wikipedia

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    Here is an example problem on the 2018 Japan MO Finals which can be solved using spiral similarity: Given a scalene triangle A B C {\displaystyle ABC} , let D {\displaystyle D} and E {\displaystyle E} be points on segments A B {\displaystyle AB} and A C {\displaystyle AC} , respectively, so that C A = C D , B A = B E {\displaystyle CA=CD,BA=BE} .

  3. Langley's Adventitious Angles - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, an anonymous Japanese woman using the pen name "aerile re" published the first known method (the method of 3 circumcenters) to construct a proof in elementary geometry for a special class of adventitious quadrangles problem. [7] [8] [9] This work solves the first of the three unsolved problems listed by Rigby in his 1978 paper. [5]

  4. Proofs of trigonometric identities - Wikipedia

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    For example, the sine of angle θ is defined as being the length of the opposite side divided by the length of the hypotenuse. The six trigonometric functions are defined for every real number , except, for some of them, for angles that differ from 0 by a multiple of the right angle (90°).

  5. Empirical evidence for the spherical shape of Earth - Wikipedia

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    The direction any intermediate spot on Earth is facing can also be calculated by measuring the angles of the fixed stars and determining how much of the sky is visible. For example, New York City is about 40° north of the equator. The apparent motion of the Sun blots out slightly different parts of the sky from day to day, but over the course ...

  6. Spherical geometry - Wikipedia

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    The sum of the angles of a spherical triangle is not equal to 180°. A sphere is a curved surface, but locally the laws of the flat (planar) Euclidean geometry are good approximations. In a small triangle on the face of the earth, the sum of the angles is only slightly more than 180 degrees. A sphere with a spherical triangle on it.

  7. Ceva's theorem - Wikipedia

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    For example, AF / FB is defined as having positive value when F is between A and B and negative otherwise. Ceva's theorem is a theorem of affine geometry , in the sense that it may be stated and proved without using the concepts of angles, areas, and lengths (except for the ratio of the lengths of two line segments that are collinear ).

  8. Hilbert's axioms - Wikipedia

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    This was, in considerable part, influenced by the example Hilbert set in the Grundlagen. A 2003 effort (Meikle and Fleuriot) to formalize the Grundlagen with a computer, though, found that some of Hilbert's proofs appear to rely on diagrams and geometric intuition, and as such revealed some potential ambiguities and omissions in his definitions ...

  9. Internal and external angles - Wikipedia

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    The sum of all the internal angles of a simple polygon is π(n−2) radians or 180(n–2) degrees, where n is the number of sides. The formula can be proved by using mathematical induction : starting with a triangle, for which the angle sum is 180°, then replacing one side with two sides connected at another vertex, and so on.