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Plane Geometry - Bruce E. Shapiro

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SECTION 9. BIRKHOFF/MACLANE AXIOMS 39McLane’s Axiom on SimilarityIf two triangles △ABC and △A ′ B ′ C ′ have ∠ABC = ±∠A ′ B ′ C ′ , d(AB) = kd(A ′ B ′ ), andd(BC) = kd(B ′ C ′ ) for some postive number k then they are similar.MacLane’s Axiom of ContinuityLet ∠AOB be proper. If D is between A adn B then 0 < ∠AOD < ∠AOB.Here a proper angle is an angle x such that 0 < x < 180.The 37th View of Mt Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) never madeit to wood block.Revised: 18 Nov 2012 « CC BY-NC-ND 3.0.

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