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  2. Geometry - Wikipedia

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    A curve is a 1-dimensional object that may be straight (like a line) or not; curves in 2-dimensional space are called plane curves and those in 3-dimensional space are called space curves. [52] In topology, a curve is defined by a function from an interval of the real numbers to another space. [49]

  3. Descriptive geometry - Wikipedia

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    The perpendicular distance d gives the shortest distance between PR and SU. To get points Q and T on these lines giving this shortest distance, projection 5 is drawn with hinge line H 4,5 parallel to P 4 R 4 , making both P 5 R 5 and S 5 U 5 true views (any projection of an end view is a true view).

  4. Topology - Wikipedia

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    A three-dimensional model of a figure-eight knot.The figure-eight knot is a prime knot and has an Alexander–Briggs notation of 4 1.. Topology (from the Greek words τόπος, 'place, location', and λόγος, 'study') is the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties of a geometric object that are preserved under continuous deformations, such as stretching, twisting, crumpling ...

  5. Mathematical structure - Wikipedia

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    Algebraic structure: there are operations of addition and multiplication, the first of which makes it into a group and the pair of which together make it into a field. A measure: intervals of the real line have a specific length, which can be extended to the Lebesgue measure on many of its subsets. A metric: there is a notion of distance ...

  6. Outline of geometry - Wikipedia

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    Geometry is a branch of mathematics concerned with questions of shape, size, relative position of figures, and the properties of space. Geometry is one of the oldest mathematical sciences. Geometry is one of the oldest mathematical sciences.

  7. Distance geometry - Wikipedia

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    Distance geometry is the branch of mathematics concerned with characterizing and studying sets of points based only on given values of the distances between pairs of points. [1] [2] [3] More abstractly, it is the study of semimetric spaces and the isometric transformations between them. In this view, it can be considered as a subject within ...

  8. Position (geometry) - Wikipedia

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    In geometry, a position or position vector, also known as location vector or radius vector, is a Euclidean vector that represents a point P in space. Its length represents the distance in relation to an arbitrary reference origin O , and its direction represents the angular orientation with respect to given reference axes.

  9. Metric space - Wikipedia

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    For example Euclidean spaces of dimension n, and more generally n-dimensional Riemannian manifolds, naturally have the structure of a metric measure space, equipped with the Lebesgue measure. Certain fractal metric spaces such as the Sierpiński gasket can be equipped with the α-dimensional Hausdorff measure where α is the Hausdorff dimension .