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  1. In mathematics, a statement that is
  2. assumed to be true and upon which theorems
  3. are proved by using logical deduction. 
  4. Euclid used a series of axioms that he
  5. considered could not be demonstrated in terms
  6. of simpler concepts to prove his geometrical
  7. theorems.
  8.  
  9. Subject by: Russell Webb
  10.