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What are those "geometric proofs"? I've never seen this term before. Geometry is really just numbers in disguise, e.g. a circle is really numbers that define it
by akomtu 5y ago
What are those "geometric proofs"? I've never seen this term before. Geometry is really just numbers in disguise, e.g. a circle is really numbers that define its center and its radius, and sometimes those numbers are defined implicitly, e.g. when its a highly complex curve that's not reducible to simple circles and lines. In this sense, all proofs are about symbols and numbers, geometry is only there to guide our intuition.
- jacobmartin 5y agoHigh school students are frequently taught a highly routinized form of proof in Geometry class in the US: https://www.cuemath.com/geometry/geometrical-proofs/ https://www.cuemath.com/geometry/geometrical-proofs/ That is what it seems the parent was referring to and what I was referring to.