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Geometry

Geometry is a branch of mathematics concerned with questions of shape, size, and the properties of space. It arose independently in early cultures as a practical way to measure lengths, areas, and volumes. Euclid put geometry into an axiomatic form in his work Elements around 300 BC, which set the standard for centuries. Since then, geometry has expanded from studying flat spaces to non-Euclidean and manifold geometries describing spaces beyond normal experience.

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Geometry

Geometry is a branch of mathematics concerned with questions of shape, size, and the properties of space. It arose independently in early cultures as a practical way to measure lengths, areas, and volumes. Euclid put geometry into an axiomatic form in his work Elements around 300 BC, which set the standard for centuries. Since then, geometry has expanded from studying flat spaces to non-Euclidean and manifold geometries describing spaces beyond normal experience.

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Geometry

Geometry (from the Ancient Greek: γεωμετρία; geo- "earth", -metron "measurement") is a
branch of mathematics concerned with questions of shape, size, relative position of figures, and
the properties of space. A mathematician who works in the field of geometry is called a
geometer.

Geometry arose independently in a number of early cultures as a practical way for dealing with
lengths, areas, and volumes. Geometry began to see elements of formal mathematical science
emerging in the West as early as the 6th century BC.[1] By the 3rd century BC, geometry was put
into an axiomatic form by Euclid, whose treatment, Euclid's Elements, set a standard for many
centuries to follow.[2] Geometry arose independently in India, with texts providing rules for
geometric constructions appearing as early as the 3rd century BC.[3] Islamic scientists preserved
Greek ideas and expanded on them during the Middle Ages.[4] By the early 17th century,
geometry had been put on a solid analytic footing by mathematicians such as René Descartes and
Pierre de Fermat. Since then, and into modern times, geometry has expanded into non-Euclidean
geometry and manifolds, describing spaces that lie beyond the normal range of human
experience.[5]

While geometry has evolved significantly throughout the years, there are some general concepts
that are more or less fundamental to geometry. These include the concepts of points, lines,
planes, surfaces, angles, and curves, as well as the more advanced notions of manifolds and
topology or metric.[6]

Geometry has applications to many fields, including art, architecture, physics, as well as to other
branches of mathematics.

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