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- From: jamess@athena.mit.edu (John A Mess)
- Subject: Geometric Proofs (re: Median Controversy)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.154124.15069@athena.mit.edu>
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- First, to every issue there are three sides; in this case, the student's,
- For most high school geometry, the goal is to teach proof via deduction.
- While the student was not *wrong*, he invoked a method of proof which was
- If the problem is so trivial, then the detractors may set down a proof
- Coxeter would make a wonderful text. Introducing non-Euclidean geomet-
- References: <1992Jul27.064833.19391@dutrun2.tudelft.nl> <1992Jul27.132209.8664@sophia.smith.edu>
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 15:41:24 GMT
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