Two hands drawing a line with chalk on a blackboard using a triangle ruler

Parallel lines… meet?

projective geometry adds points at infinity. It simplifies many classical results.

Mathematics: Geometry’s Big Plot Twist

Mathematical study scene with open book, graph paper, and pen for learning and homework.

A coordinate revolution

Descartes armed geometry with coordinates. Algebra—and later calculus—could now solve geometric problems, even in higher dimensions.

Mathematics: Geometry’s Big Plot Twist