08 Aug
What is this geometry theorem?
I just received a review copy of Fascinating Mathematical People by Donald Albers and Gerald Alexanderson (Princeton University Press, 2011). Right now I am into something else, but could not forego getting a quick first impression. Looks like I am going to enjoy reading the book.
Here's something that caused me a healthy chuckle.
I often watch movies accompanied by CC - closed captions. Somehow it is common to read "Talking in native language" when it is absolutely clear from the context what this spoken language actually is. I had this flashback noticing the following photo:
What is this mysterious geometry theorem?
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The perpendicular bisectors of the sides of a triangle are concurrent at the triangle's circumcenter.
I'm not sure what the nun plans on doing with this information, though.
August 9th, 2011 at 2:03 pmIt does not appear to me that she looks at the blackboard or that the theorem has elicited - for that matter - any interest on her part. But in case I am mistaken, we may assume that she studied math and the theorem in particular for their own sake.
August 9th, 2011 at 3:23 pm