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Plane Geometry

That portion of Geometry dealing with figures in a Plane, as opposed to Solid Geometry. Plane geometry deals with the Circle, Line, Polygon, etc.

See also Constructible Polygon, Geometric Construction, Geometry, Solid Geometry, Spherical Geometry


References

Altshiller-Court, N. College Geometry: A Second Course in Plane Geometry for Colleges and Normal Schools, 2nd ed., rev. enl. New York: Barnes and Noble, 1952.

Casey, J. A Treatise on the Analytical Geometry of the Point, Line, Circle, and Conic Sections, Containing an Account of Its Most Recent Extensions with Numerous Examples, 2nd rev. enl. ed. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, & Co., 1893.

Coxeter, H. S. M. and Greitzer, S. L. Geometry Revisited. Washington, DC: Math. Assoc. Amer., 1967.

Coxeter, H. S. M. Introduction to Geometry, 2nd ed. New York: Wiley, 1969.

Dixon, R. Mathographics. New York: Dover, 1991.

Gallatly, W. The Modern Geometry of the Triangle, 2nd ed. London: Hodgson, 1913.

Heath, T. L. The Thirteen Books of the Elements, 2nd ed., Vol. 1: Books I and II. New York: Dover, 1956.

Heath, T. L. The Thirteen Books of the Elements, 2nd ed., Vol. 2: Books III-IX. New York: Dover, 1956.

Heath, T. L. The Thirteen Books of the Elements, 2nd ed., Vol. 3: Books X-XIII. New York: Dover, 1956.

Hilbert, D. The Foundations of Geometry. Chicago, IL: Open Court, 1980.

Hilbert, D. and Cohn-Vossen, S. Geometry and the Imagination. New York: Chelsea, 1952.

Honsberger, R. Episodes in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Euclidean Geometry. Washington, DC: Math. Assoc. Amer., 1995.

Johnson, R. A. Modern Geometry: An Elementary Treatise on the Geometry of the Triangle and the Circle. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1929.

Kimberling, C. ``Triangle Centers and Central Triangles.'' Congr. Numer. 129, 1-295, 1998.

Klee, V. ``Some Unsolved Problems in Plane Geometry.'' Math. Mag. 52, 131-145, 1979.

Klee, V. and Wagon, S. Old and New Unsolved Problems in Plane Geometry and Number Theory, rev. ed. Washington, DC: Math. Assoc. Amer., 1991.

Pedoe, D. Circles: A Mathematical View, rev. ed. Washington, DC: Math. Assoc. Amer., 1995.



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