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why do we learn euclidean geometry when nothing the in the universe is on a flat plane?
Gonzolo said:And BTW, many thing in the universe are on a flat plane.
Gonzolo said:Any three random points in the universe makes a plane.
HallsofIvy said:Are you sure of that? That would only be true in a "flat" 3 dimensional space. The theory of general relativity asserts that the curvature of space depends on the mass in the area. It is true, of course, that as long as we are really close to an enormously dense object, the curvature of space is so small that space is indistinguishable (by normal, everyday means) from flat space and Euclidean (plane or solid) geometry works nicely.
Gonzolo said:Unless perhaps if you have to consider a relativistic gravitational field, which a very small percentage of the world's population have to do..
Rasine said:why do we learn euclidean geometry when nothing the in the universe is on a flat plane?
why do we learn euclidean geometry when nothing the in the universe is on a flat plane?
Because it is the most aesthetic of all the arts mankind created. Its beauty charms people.Rasine said:why do we learn euclidean geometry when nothing the in the universe is on a flat plane?
Rasine said:why do we learn euclidean geometry when nothing the in the universe is on a flat plane?
We cannot ask whether it is true that only one straight line goes through two points.
We can only say that Euclidean geometry deals with things called "straight lines,"
to each of which is ascribed the property of being uniquely
determined by two points situated on it.
The concept "true" does not tally with the assertions of pure geometry,
because by the word "true" we are eventually in the habit of designating always the
correspondence with a "real" object; geometry, however, is not concerned with the relation of the
ideas involved in it to objects of experience, but only with the logical connection of these ideas
among themselves.
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