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English translation: geometric locus

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Norwegian term or phrase:geometrisk sted
English translation:geometric locus
Entered by: Carole Hognestad

11:10 Sep 24, 2022
Norwegian to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics
Norwegian term or phrase: geometrisk sted
Part of a maths curriculum for lower secondary school children in Norway - 'De fire første geometriske stedene'
Apparently it means 'geometric locus', but this term is considered obsolete according to this link https://encyclopediaofmath.org/wiki/Geometric_locus
I have tried to search for 'set of points' and similar terms, but I'm not finding anything.
Are there any maths buffs out there who know what term is currently in use?
Carole Hognestad
Local time: 03:33
geometric locus
Explanation:
We can define locus in geometry as the set of all the points that satisfy given conditions. Notice that according to the definition, a locus is not a single point but a set of points.
https://www.basic-mathematics.com/define-locus-in-geometry.h...
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Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 18:33
Grading comment
Thank you for all the input on this.
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Summary of answers provided
4geometric locus
Michele Fauble
4 -2geometric postulate
Adrian MM.


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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
geometric locus


Explanation:
We can define locus in geometry as the set of all the points that satisfy given conditions. Notice that according to the definition, a locus is not a single point but a set of points.
https://www.basic-mathematics.com/define-locus-in-geometry.h...

Michele Fauble
United States
Local time: 18:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you for all the input on this.
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for your input Adrian MM. The link you gave doesn't work for some reason. Could you try it again?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Christopher Schröder: My daughter who is doing her degree in maths confirms 👍
23 hrs
  -> thanks
disagree  Adrian MM.: A logical fallacy, 'De fire første geometriske stedene' : there's no such thing as the first 'four loci', rather locus theorems https://mathbitsnotebook.com/Geometry/Constructions/CCLocus....
1 day 17 hrs
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1 day 8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
geometric postulate


Explanation:
- as opposed to Pythagorean theorems I once learned at school and as confirmed by my own daughter studying math(s) (+ my cousin, a Uni. Prof. Emeritus of Finanzmathematik in both English & German).

Example sentence(s):
  • Euclid himself used only the first four postulates ("absolute geometry") for the first 28 propositions of the Elements
  • Postulate 1: Through any two points, there is exactly one line. Postulate 2: The measure of any line segment is a unique positive number. The measure (or length) of AB is a positive number, AB.

    Reference: http://mathworld.wolfram.com/EuclidsPostulates.html
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean_geometry
Adrian MM.
Austria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Christopher Schröder: 🙄Yes there is. If there are more than four of anything, you can have the first four... Presumably here it's basic ones like a circle and a line. Otherwise, pls. read the Norwegian *carefully*.
15 hrs
  -> That's rich coming from you. Otherwise, pls. read both example sentences *carefully*. There's no such thing as the 'first four loci', rather theorems or postulates, as in Advanced Maths https://mathbitsnotebook.com/Geometry/Constructions/CCLocus....
disagree  Michele Fauble: No, that’s ‘geometrisk postulant’.
20 hrs
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