MY MATHEMATICAL SYSTEM

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What is an undefined term in Geometry?
Undefined Term

An undefined term is a term that can't be defined so easily. There really isn't a definition to
define such terms. Consider the word "the." We use the word "the" all of the time, but do we
really know how to define the word "the?" "Am" is another word that can't be defined so easily.
We can describe these terms, but we can't provide an actual definition. There are terms in
Geometry that can't be defined so easily.

Postulate

I like to call these statements the "well, duh" statements. These statements are "facts" that are
accepted without proof. We can't approach proving these statements using conventional means.
These statements are so basic that we can't use true technical jargon to explain them. However,
if we use a little bit of critical thinking, we can use undefined and defined terms to help support a
postulate.

10 Examples of postulates

1.A line contains at least two distinct points. A plane contains at least three non-collinear points.
A space contains at least four non-coplanar planes.

2.If two distinct points are given, then a unique line contains them.

3.Throught only two points, a unique line is formed. Through any two points, there are infinitely
many planes. Through any three points, there is at least one plane. Through any three
non-collinear points, there is exactly one plane.

4.If two points are in a plane, then the line that contains them lies exactly on that plane.

5.If two distinct planes intersect, then their intersection is a line.

6.​Segment Addition Postulate

- if points A, B, and C are collinear (A-B-C) and B is between points A and C, then AB + BC =
AC.
7.​Ruler Postulate
-There is a one-to-one correspondence between the points of a line and the set of real numbers
such that the distance between two distinct points of a line is the absolute value of the
difference of their coordinates.

8.​Linear Pair Postulate

-If two angles form a linear pair, then they are supplementary angles.

9.​Angle Addition Postulate

-states that if D is in the interior of ∠ABC then ∠ABD + ∠CBD = ∠ ABC

Theorem

A theorem is completely opposite of a postulate. Theorems can be proven. We'll use different
undefined and defined terms, as well as postulates to prove a certain statement. If a statement
can be proven, then we have a theorem.

10 Examples of Theorem

1. Supplement Theorem
If two angles form a linear pair,then they are supplementary angles.

2. Angle Properties
Congruence of angles is reflexive, symmetric, and transitive.

3. Supplementary congruent
Angles supplementary to the same angle or to congruent angles are congruent.

4. Complementary congruent
Angles complementary to the same angle or to congruent angles are congruent.

5. ​ ight congruent
R
All right angles are congruent.

6. ​ ertical angles
V
Vertical angles are congruent.

7. ​Perpendicular lines form Perpendicular lines intersect to form four right angles..

8. ​ lternate Interior
A
If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then each pair of alternate interior angles
are congruent.
 9. Alternate Exterior Angle
If two parallel lines are cut by a transversal, then each pair of alternate exterior angles
are congruent.

10. Isosceles Triangle Theorem (ITT) If two sides of a triangle are congruent, then the
angles opposite those sides are congruent

Axioms

Is a proposition regarded as self-evidently true without proof. The word "axiom" is a slightly
archaic synonym for postulate. Compare conjecture or hypothesis, both of which connote
apparently true but not self-evident statements.

10 examples of axioms

1. ​Reflexive Property of Equality

-For all real numbers p, p=p

2. ​Symmetric Property of Equality

-For all real numbers p and q, if q = p then
p=q

3. ​Transitive Property of Equality

-For all real numbers p, q, and r, if p = q and q = r, then p = r.

4. ​Substitution Property of Equality

-For all real numbers p and q, if p = q, then q can be substituted for p in any expression.

5. ​Distributive Property
-Formally, they write this property as "a(b + c) = ab + ac". In numbers, this means, for example,
that 2(3 + 4) = 2×3 + 2×4.

6. ​Commutative Property
-When two numbers are multiplied together, the product is the same regardless of the order of
the multiplicands. For example 4 * 2 = 2 * 4.

7. ​Associative Property
-When three or more numbers are multiplied, the product is the same regardless of the
grouping of the factors. For example (2 * 3) * 4 = 2 * (3 * 4)
8.Multiplicative Identity Property
-The product of any number and one is that number. For example 5 * 1 = 5.

9​.Identity Property of Addition

-The identity property for addition tells us that zero added to any number is the number itself.

10.​Inverse Property of Multiplication

-says that any number multiplied by its reciprocal is equal to one.