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Mathematical system - a structure formed from one or more sets of undefined objects, various concepts which may or may not
be defined, and a set of axioms relating these objects and concepts. A typical mathematical system has the following four parts:
1. UNDEFINED TERMS –
In geometry, formal definitions are formed using other defined words or terms. There are, however, three words in geometry
that are not formally defined. These words are point, line and plane, and are referred to as the "three undefined terms of
geometry". A point has no length, no width, and no height (thickness). A line has no thickness, extends in one
dimension. A line goes on forever in both directions. A plane has two dimensions and forms a flat surface extending
indefinitely in all directions.
A defined term is, simply put, a term that has some sort of definition. Unlike "the" and "am", we can put a definition to the
word "she." "She" just is defined as a term that represents us acknowledging that someone is female. Simple, right?
In Geometry, we can use undefined terms to define a term.
3. POSTULATE/S
Postulates are statements that are assumed to be true without proof. Postulates serve two purposes - to explain undefined
terms, and to serve as a starting point for proving other statements. E
4. THEOREMS
In mathematics, a theorem is a non-self-evident statement that has been proven to be true, either on the basis of generally
accepted statements such as axioms or on the basis of previously established statements such as other theorems.
3. PLANE
• a plane has two dimensions.
• a plane forms a flat surface extending indefinitely in all directions.
• a plane has infinite length, infinite width and zero height (thickness).
• a plane is drawn as a four-sided figure resembling a tabletop or a Plane m or Plane ABC.
parallelogram. While the diagram of a plane has edges, you must
• a plane is named by a single letter (plane m) or by three coplanar, but non- remember that the plane actually has no
collinear,* points (plane ABC). boundaries.
2. Ray –a ray can be defined as a part of a line that has a fixed starting point but no end point. It can extend infinitely in one direction.
3. Opposite Rays - A pair of opposite rays are two rays that have the same endpoint and extend in opposite directions.
4. Angle - an angle is the figure formed by two rays, called the sides of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called the vertex of the
angle
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3. Draw a line segment.
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