Enlightenment of Euclid and Descartes on Geometry Teaching in Senior High School

Zui Tao, Sihui Shu

Abstract


This study, starting from the geometric perspective of mathematics in the senior high school, mainly elaborates on two critical contributors to geometry: Euclid and René Descartes, whose contributions and life stories provide frontline teachers with visual references for historical materials of mathematics.

Keywords


mathematics; geometry; Euclid; Descartes

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.36012/fhe.v2i2.2767

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