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The title made me think that somehow this theorem has an important role in
Euclid's Elements, or is at least its first theorem, in which case I might have at least entertained arguments to keep a redirect to an article with a better name. However, I note that this is postulate 4 of book 1 of Euclid's elements, and not a theorem at all. I would like to know what list
Randomaccount990 says this theorem is on (RS mentions in an
edit summary "there is a list... and this is #1"), but I doubt it would change my vote. Delete. -
lethetalk+04:14, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Delete. It's probably the first theorem on a list his high school geometry teacher passed out. Nothing wrong with that, but not encyclopedic. --
Trovatore04:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Delete. There are theorems that have names like
Hilbert's theorem 90, but this is not the same as stating "Theorem 90". Besides, there are plenty of well-regarded and known textbooks (e.g. Dummit and Foote's algebra text) that refer to this theorem of Hilbert that way. I would need to see similar evidence of the notability of this name "Theorem 1" for this fact. I suspect, as Trovatore has stated, that this is the first item on a list a hs teacher has passed out. --
C S (Talk)17:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Delete. (Unless it's revised to say that the first theorem in every book is called "Theorem 1"?? But skip this silly parenthetical comment.)
Michael Hardy22:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment: Even with that revision, the problem remains that not every first theorem in books is called "Theorem 1". Oops, I guess I wasn't supposed to respond to that :-) --
C S (Talk)22:15, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Delete (I'd have thunked that Theorem 1 was that if you have one point, then they are all congruent. Then Theorem 2 for two points.)
LambiamTalk01:21, 19 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Keep You know... I think I'm being outnumbered on this. And I know Euclid would be proud... (that man loves his theorems).
User:Randomaccount990 April 19th.
Question. Why did you call this theorem 1 -- or rather on what list is it the first theorem? The name is puzzling (there are lots of theorem 1s in mathematics articles and book, sometimes even within the same book) and seems nonsensical in the context of WP.--
CSTAR17:11, 19 April 2006 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a
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The title made me think that somehow this theorem has an important role in
Euclid's Elements, or is at least its first theorem, in which case I might have at least entertained arguments to keep a redirect to an article with a better name. However, I note that this is postulate 4 of book 1 of Euclid's elements, and not a theorem at all. I would like to know what list
Randomaccount990 says this theorem is on (RS mentions in an
edit summary "there is a list... and this is #1"), but I doubt it would change my vote. Delete. -
lethetalk+04:14, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Delete. It's probably the first theorem on a list his high school geometry teacher passed out. Nothing wrong with that, but not encyclopedic. --
Trovatore04:33, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Delete. There are theorems that have names like
Hilbert's theorem 90, but this is not the same as stating "Theorem 90". Besides, there are plenty of well-regarded and known textbooks (e.g. Dummit and Foote's algebra text) that refer to this theorem of Hilbert that way. I would need to see similar evidence of the notability of this name "Theorem 1" for this fact. I suspect, as Trovatore has stated, that this is the first item on a list a hs teacher has passed out. --
C S (Talk)17:43, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Delete. (Unless it's revised to say that the first theorem in every book is called "Theorem 1"?? But skip this silly parenthetical comment.)
Michael Hardy22:01, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Comment: Even with that revision, the problem remains that not every first theorem in books is called "Theorem 1". Oops, I guess I wasn't supposed to respond to that :-) --
C S (Talk)22:15, 18 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Delete (I'd have thunked that Theorem 1 was that if you have one point, then they are all congruent. Then Theorem 2 for two points.)
LambiamTalk01:21, 19 April 2006 (UTC)reply
Keep You know... I think I'm being outnumbered on this. And I know Euclid would be proud... (that man loves his theorems).
User:Randomaccount990 April 19th.
Question. Why did you call this theorem 1 -- or rather on what list is it the first theorem? The name is puzzling (there are lots of theorem 1s in mathematics articles and book, sometimes even within the same book) and seems nonsensical in the context of WP.--
CSTAR17:11, 19 April 2006 (UTC)reply
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