In a Hilbert plane II, show: (a) Any rigid motion with at least three noncollinear fixed points must be the identity. (b) Any rigid motion is equal to the product of at most three reflections.
In a Hilbert plane II, show: (a) Any rigid motion with at least three noncollinear fixed points must be the identity. (b) Any rigid motion is equal to the product of at most three reflections.
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Transcribed Image Text:17.3 In a Hilbert plane II, show:
(a) Any rigid motion with at least three noncollinear fixed points must be the
identity.
(b) Any rigid motion is equal to the product of at most three reflections.

Transcribed Image Text:Definition
If II is a geometry consisting of the undefined notions of point, line, between-
ness, and congruence of line segments and angles, which may or may not sat-
isfy various of Hilbert's axioms, we define a rigid motion of II to be a mapping
9: II → II defined on all points, such that:
(1) p is a 1-to-1 mapping of the points of II onto itself.
(2) sends lines into lines.
(3) 9 preserves betweenness of collinear points.
(4) For any two points A, B, we have AB (A)q(B).
(5) For any angle α, we have Lα = Ly(a).
In other words, o preserves the structures determined by the undefined
notions in our geometry.
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