To know about Geometry

1.  What is 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.
2.  What is geometry and what is it used for?
     Circumferences, radii, and areas are one of the concepts concerning length and area. Also, the volume of 3 dimensional objects such as cubes, cylinders, pyramids, and spheres can be computed using geometry. It used to be all about shapes and measurements, but numbers will soon make its way to geometry.

3.  What are the basics of geometry?
     Basic geometry is the study of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids.The study of this topic starts with an understanding of these. Let's define them. Point: A point is a location in space. It is represented by a dot. Point are usually named with a upper case letter.

4.  What are the basic concepts of geometry?
     A ray has a starting point and then continues into infinity in one direction. These lines, segments, and rays intersect each other to form parallel and perpendicular lines and angles. Measurement is a very common function in geometry.

5.  Where did the term geometry originate?
     Geometry comes from two Greek words, “ge” meaning “earth” and “metria” meaning “measuring.” The approach to Geometry developed by the Ancient Greeks has been used for over 2000 years as the basis of geometry.

6.  Who is the inventor of geometry?
     Euclid (c. 325-265 BC), of Alexandria, probably a student at the Academy founded by Plato, wrote a treatise in 13 books (chapters), titled The Elements of Geometry, in which he presented geometry in an ideal axiomatic form, which came to be known as Euclidean geometry.

7.  Who discovered the geometry?
     In the 19th century, Carl Friedrich Gauss, Nikolai Lobachevsky, and János Bolyai formally discovered non-Euclidean geometry. In this kind of geometry, four of Euclid's first five postulates remained consistent, but the idea that parallel lines do not meet did not stay true.

8.  Who was the first person to use geometry?
     According to these manuscripts, Thales of Miletus was the one who began early Greek geometry in the sixth century B.C. He is noted as one of the first known to indulge himself in deductive methods in geometry.

9.  What kind of math is 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.

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