INDIA: Euclid’s Postulates serves as the foundation of modern Geometry. Talking about Geometry, it is the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties and relationships of points, lines, angles ...

THIS is a philosophical thesis by a writer who is really familiar with the subject of non-Euclidean geometry, and as such it is well worth reading. The first three chapters are historical; the ...

In mathematics, hyperbolic geometry is a non-Euclidean geometry, meaning that the parallel postulate of Euclidean geometry is rejected. The parallel postulate in Euclidean geometry states, for two ...

Mathematics is distinguished from the sciences by the freedom it enjoys in choosing basic assumptions from which consequences can be deduced by applying the laws of logic. We call the basic ...

1 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Islamic University in Uganda, Mbale, Uganda. 2 Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Gezira, Wad-Medani, Sudan. Euclid’s first four ...

Mathematics Magazine presents articles and notes on undergraduate mathematical topics in a lively expository style that appeals to students and faculty throughout the undergraduate years. The journal ...

The claim is often made that mathematical results are immutable. Once proven, they remain forever valid. But things are not so simple. There are problems at the very core of mathematics that cast a ...