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Geometry

Geometry is the mathematical discipline devoted to the study of spatial and geometric structures, shapes, and their properties.

Overview

Historically organized around Euclidean axiomatic methods of proof, the discipline broadened through the nineteenth-century development of non-Euclidean systems. Modern geometry encompasses branches such as differential, algebraic, and computational geometry that formalize spaces of varying curvature and dimensions. These frameworks investigate how geometric properties remain invariant under specified groups of transformations.

Why it matters

Geometric concepts inform structural design in engineering, algorithms in computer graphics and robotics, and models of physical spacetime in relativity. In addition, topological and geometric methods provide tools for studying molecular structures and philosophical questions concerning mathematical systems.

Where it leads

• Non-Euclidean Geometry

Related concepts

• MathematicslogicalGeometry is one of the oldest and most foundational branches of mathematics
• PhysicsappliedNon-Euclidean geometry is the mathematical foundation of Einstein's general theory of relativity
• ArtsappliedGeometric principles of proportion, symmetry, and perspective are fundamental to visual art and architecture