Lecture Description
Here we introduce basic aspects of triangle geometry into the superior framework of universal hyperbolic geometry, a purely algebraic setting valid over the rational numbers. We begin by reviewing the centroid and circumcenter in the Euclidean setting. In the hyperbolic plane, midpoints of a side don't always exist. If we consider a triangle in which each side has midpoints, there are then 6 medians, and their dual lines, called midlines here, although they play the role of perpendicular bisectors. The medians meet in 4 centroids. The midlines meet in 4 circumcenters. There are some remarkable connections between centroids and circumcenters, culminating in the z point of the triangle. Remarkably it lies on the ortho-axis, and together with the base center, orthocenter and orthostar, forms a harmonic range of points. CONTENT SUMMARY: pg 1: @00:11 Euclidean triangle centers; midpoints of sides; perpendicular bisectors; centroid and circumcenter; centroid as balancing point; midlines; circumcenter (C), centroid (G), orthocenter (H) pg 2: @04:25 Euler line (C,H,G: colinear); No analog of Euler line in hyperbolic geometry pg 3: @06:07 Midlines of a side; midlines as perps of midpoints; pg 4: @09:47 # of midpoints of a triangle; duals of midpoints; median defined; pg 5: @12:16 example of meets of medians of a triangle; circumlines; geometers sketchpad illustrations @17:50 pg 6: @18:28 Meets of medians theorem; Joins of midpoints theorem; Meets of midlines theorem; circumlines/circumcenters duality; pg 7: @20:14 construction of meets of midlines (circumcenters); prior to metrical constructions remark; remark on classical hypergeometry pg 8: @25:03 Centroid circumcenter correspondence theorem; The z_point of the triangle; remark - every triangle has a z-point whether or not it has midpoints pg 9: @29:07 z-point ortho-axis theorem; zbhs harmonic range theorem; remark- exercise request; geometer_sketchpad illustrations @32:18 (THANKS to EmptySpaceEnterprise)
Course Index
- Introduction to Universal Hyperbolic Geometry
- Apollonius and Polarity
- Apollonius and Harmonic Conjugates
- Pappus' Theorem and the Cross Ratio
- First Steps in Hyperbolic Geometry
- The Circle and Cartesian Coordinates
- Duality, Quadrance and Spread in Cartesian Coordinates
- The Circle and Projective Homogeneous Coordinates
- The Circle and Projective Homogeneous Coordinates II
- Computations with Homogeneous Coordinates
- Duality and Perpendicularity
- Existence of Orthocenters
- Theorems using Perpendicularity
- Null Points and Null Lines
- Apollonius and Polarity Revisited
- Reflections in Hyperbolic Geometry
- Reflections and Projective Linear Algebra
- Midpoints and Bisectors
- Medians, Midlines, Centroids and Circumcenters
- Parallels and the Double Triangle
- The J function, sl(2) and the Jacobi identity
- Pure and Applied Geometry: understanding the continuum
- Quadrance and Spread
- Pythagoras' Theorem in Universal Hyperbolic Geometry
- The Triple Quad Formula in Universal Hyperbolic Geometry
- Visualizing Quadrance with Circles
- Geometer's Sketchpad and Circles in Universal Hyperbolic Geometry
- Trigonometric Laws in Hyperbolic Geometry using Geometer's Sketchpad
- The Spread Law in Universal Hyperbolic Geometry
- The Cross Law in Universal Hyperbolic Geometry
- Thales' Theorem, Right Triangles and Napier's Rules
- Isosceles Triangles in Hyperbolic Geometry
- Menelaus, Ceva and the Laws of Proportion
- Trigonometric Dual Laws and the Parallax Formula
- Introduction to Spherical and Elliptic Geometries
- Introduction to Spherical and Elliptic Geometries II
- Areas and Volumes for a Sphere
- Classical Spherical Trigonometry
- Perpendicularity, Polarity and Duality on a Sphere
- Parametrizing and Projecting a Sphere
- Rational Trigonometry: An Overview
- Rational Trigonometry in Three Dimensions
Course Description
This is a complete and relatively elementary course explaining a new, simpler and more elegant theory of non-Euclidean geometry; in particular hyperbolic geometry. It is a purely algebraic approach which avoids transcendental functions like log, sin, tanh etc, relying instead on high school algebra and quadratic equations. The theory is more general, extending beyond the null circle, and connects naturally to Einstein's special theory of relativity. This course is meant for mathematics majors, bright high school students, high school teachers, engineers, scientists, and others with an interest in mathematics and some basic algebraic skills. NJ Wildberger is also the developer of Rational Trigonometry: a new and better way of learning and using trigonometry. Look up for his course in order to familiarize with this new development. He also has recorded very organized and detailed lecture series on Algebraic Topology, History of Mathematic, Linear Algebra, and more.