[FOM] Standard Language of Euclid

[Ricky Pollack]

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:16 
PM,  <<mailto:joeshipman at aol.com>joeshipman at aol.com> wrote:
  > plane of order 12). Am I correct in surmising that there is no question
  > that can be stated in the language of elementary algebra and geometry
  > which is currently regarded as both open and interesting?

Look at many of the papers of Paul Erdos and many articles in 
"Discrete & Computational Geometry" and you will find numerous 
interesting problems (both solved and open) stated in the elementary 
language of geometry.

Ricky

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