Tuesday, January 31

Theme Question:Who first showed the earth was a sphere?






Show video on PT. Starting with "pythagoras"
Outline:
Area of triangles = 1/2 bh
Area of parallelogram= bh
Scaling: a linear scale change of r gives area change of factor r2.
3 questions: running, moat, wind power...
Proof of the PT: Similar right triangles: c= a2 /c + b2 /c .
applications and other proofs.
Prop. 47 of Euclid.
Dissection Proof.
Prop 31 Book  VI  Similar shapes.
Simple proof of PT using similar triangles of the triangle.
Use in 3 dimensional space.