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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

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'Metric' axioms uses functions, points and numbers; 'synthetic' axioms give facts about space [Field,H]