Miscellaneous Review Exercises

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\item Recall \textit{Euclid's Parallel Postulate} (E5) says that if two lines
are intersected by a transversal so that two interior angles on
one side of the transveral add upt to less than $\pi$ then they meet in that
halfplane of the transversal.

\item[Problem 1:] Prove directly, using only absolute geometry that
Proclus' Axiom is equivalent to Euclid's Parallel Postulate.
{Proclus' Axiom says that \textit{ If a line intersects one of a pair of parallel
lines then it also intersects the oher.} is equivalent to Euclid's Parallel
Postulate. Do not use an other equivalent axioms, such as Playfair.

\item[Problem 2:] Prove by any means in absolute geometry
(including Playfair and models) that another E5equivalent axiom
is \textit{A entire
line cannot lie entirely inside of an angle} (i.e. not cross either ray.)

\item[Problem 3:] Prove by any means in absolute geometry
that another E5equivalent axiom is
\textit{Opposite sides of a parallelogram are congruent.}

\item[Problem 4:] Calculate the area of a Lambert quadrilateral in
non-Euclidean geometry as a function of its angles alone.

\item[Problem 5:] Given $0 \le x \le 1$ and  $y = \frac{e-1}{e+1}$, consider
the Lambert with base the segment $0\, x$ as on base, and $0\, iy$
( on either side of the middle right angle of the quadilateral).
Calculate the hyperbolic lengths of
its heigh and base.

\item[Problem5b] Show that if the Lambert's non-Euclidean area were also
base$\times$height, then it would acquire infinitely large area as
$x \rightarrow 1$. Why can this not be?

\item[Problem 6:] Give two proofs of Pythagoras' Theorem, one using the
analytic method of proof, the other using the synthetic method of proof.

\item Using only your memory of having used Geogebra and
GEX, and whatever you have in your Journal, give brief answers to the
following questions.

\item[Problem 7:] How do the buttons on GGB and GEX (choose and say which)
correspond to axioms and theorems in Geometry?

\item[Problem 8:] What is the chief difference in how GGB and GEX are
designed to explore non-Euclidean geometry?

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