Rachid Matta Ing. (Makhada-Laqlouq)

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No Unexpected Parallels
Rachid Matta, a Lebanese mathematician and engineer, claims to have proven Euclid’s parallel theorem. Also known as the fifth postulate, it states that given any straight line and a point not on the line, there “exists one and only one straight line which passes” through that point and never intersects the first line, no matter how far the lines are extended. This theorem has remained unproved since Euclid wrote it in 300 BC, and many of the world’s greatest minds have considered it unprovable. The famous French mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss wrote that he thought the postulate was an impossibility. If verified, two branches of geometry, elliptical and hyperbolic geometry, would be discredited. The impact could be enormous. Matta states that the proof of the parallel theorem supports philosophers such as Immanuel Kant, who stated that Euclidean geometry was the “inevitable necessity of thought.” Euclid is known as the father of geometry, but very little is known about his life. It is commonly believed that he was educated at Plato’s Academy in Athens.

source: philosophynews.com
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  • This message is a joke, and not worth to be mentioned: the proof MUST contain an error, since THERE ARE NON-Euclidean geometries. A simple example of a non-Euclidean, elliptic geometry is the sphere : the sum of the three angles in a spherical triangle is bigger than 180 degrees ; equivalently, given any straight line on the sphere there is no straight line parallel to it. ( Note that a straight line on the sphere is any large circle; two straight lines are called parallel if they do not intersect each other . ) Of course, also all the other EXPLICITE examples of non-Euclidean geometries (which have already been known since the time of Gauss, Bolyai and Lobatchevski) DISprove the claim of Mr. Mattar. Friedemann Brock American University of Beirut Mathematics Department fb13@aub.edu.lb
  • M. Friedemann Brock should know that I have detected many flaws in Non-Euclidean geometries. The sphere is a Euclidean figure containing the truth of the fifth postulate of Euclid, and Bernard Riemann used unconsciously the parallel postulate in his Elliptic geometry and he commited a logical mistake. To infirm my demonstration the mathematicians must detect a flaw in the mathematical reasoning. M. Friedemann Brock has not yet understood the nature of the straight line. I invite him to teach the true geometry to his students and to read carefully my definition of the straight line. This definition traduces exactly the intention of Euclid, and it can be found on my website: www.mathtruth-rachidmatta.com. I am ready to explain the true principles of geometry to anyone who will contact me. The meaning must be introduced in the propositions of geometry, and the formalism banished. The undeniable truth will win, and all Non-Euclidean geometries will collapse. Rachid Matta MATTA rachidmatta@hotmail.com April 19, 2009
  • Until now noboday refuted the proofs of M.Rachid Matta. It seems that he proved rigoroursly the fifth postulate of Euclid. I am not a great mathematician,but I have the ridht to ask why the reputable mathematicians are not able to find a mistake in the reasoning of Mr.MATTA?
  • Until now noboday refuted the proofs of M.Rachid Matta. It seems that he proved rigoroursly the fifth postulate of Euclid. I am not a great mathematician,but I have the right to ask why the reputable mathematicians are not able to find a mistake in the reasoning of Mr.MATTA?
  • I want to rectify what is written in the menu on GAUSS. GAUSS was the prince of mathematicians and he was not a French but a German mathematician (1777-1855). Mr. A. Siraf asked me to put a proof of Euclid's fifth postulate on this web. In the next few days the proof of Ibn Al-Haitham will be exposed on this web. The readers can see it on my website: www.mathtruth-rachidmatta.com Rachid Matta MATTA 26-04-2009
  • The PDF Format is not supported on your web site, please you can find the proof of IBN AL-HAITHAM on my website http://www.mathtruth-rachidmatta.com/Messages.aspx Rachid MATTA 27-04-2009
  • I studied profoundly the proof of Ibn Al-Haitham and I did not find any error in the mathematical reasoning of the author Mr.Rachid MATTA. I invite Dr. Friedemann Brock to recognize that the great mathematician Rachid MATTA has correctly proved the fifth postulate of Euclid, and consequently Non-Euclidean geometries are not true. Mary Ayish Syria 06/16/2009
  • Dear Readers You can find many proofs of Euclid's fifth postulate on the pages 4 and 5 in the forum of the website: mathtruth-rachidmatta.com R.Noujaim 18-10-2012
  • Most of the proofs are in French. I ask M. Matta to translate into English. R. Noujaim October 18, 2012
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