Geometry Michealmas Flashcards
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A and B are on the same side of l if
A = B or segment AB do not intersect l, A,B|*. Otherwise opposite sides of l - a=A|B
Pasch’s Theorem
Given a triangle ABC, line l and points A,B,C not on l. If l intersects AB then l intersects either AC or BC.
if l enters triangle through vertex C it intersects
AB
Isometry of Euclidean plane is a
distance-preserving transformation of E^2. d(f(A),f(B)) = d(A,B)
4 group properties
closedness, associativity, identity, inverse
3 isometry theorems
every isometry is a 1 to 1 map, composition of any 2 isometries is an isometry, isometries of E^2 form a group with composition as a group operation
4 examples of isometries
translation, reflection, rotation, glide reflection
isometry is orientation preserving if the triangle
is labelled clockwise. Otherwise, orientation reversing
Isometries orientation-preserving or reversing
Translation and rotation are preserving. Reflection and glide reflection are reversing
composition of 2 orientation preserving isometries is
orientation preserving
composition of 2 orientation reversing isometries is
orientation preserving
composition of an orient preserving and an orient reversing is
orient reversing
orientation preserving isometries form a
subgroup of Isom(E^2)
Triangles are congruent if
lengths and angles are equal
if two congruent triangles then there exists a
unique isometry sending A to A’, B to B’ and C to C’
Every isometry is a composition of at
most 3 reflections
every non-trivial isometry is one of
reflection, rotation, translation, glide reflection
set of fixed points of f Isom(E^2) is
Fix(f) = {x in E^2 | f(x) = x}
isometry preserving the origin is a
composition of at most 2 reflections
a linear map f(x) = Ax is an isometry iff
A is in O(2) an orthogonal subgroup of GL(2,R)
every isometry of E^2 may be written as
f(x) = Ax +t
f isometry is orientation preserving if det A =
1 and orientation reversing if det A = -1
if A,C is on l then l gives
the shortest path from A to C
an action is discrete if none of its orbits possesses
accumulation points.