Lecture

Area: Axioms and Rectangles

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This lecture covers the concept of area, starting with the axioms of area in Euclidean geometry, including invariance, cutting, and normalization. It then explores the definition of rectangles' area, proving that the area of a rectangle equals the product of its dimensions, with a general proof involving limits.

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