Date of Award
2008
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts in Mathematics
Department
Mathematics
First Advisor
McMurran, Shawnee
Second Advisor
Sarli, John
Third Advisor
Addington, Susan
Abstract
In this paper, a brief introduction to the history, and development of Euclidean geometry will be followed by a biographical background of David Hilbert, highlighting significant events in his educational and professional life. In an attempt to add rigor to the presentation of geometry, Hilbert defined concepts and presented five groups of axioms that were mutually independent yet compatible, including introducing axioms of congruence in order to present displacement.
Recommended Citation
Clarke, Lawrence Michael, "Foundations of geometry" (2008). Theses Digitization Project. 3419.
https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3419
