(1) Institute for Computing Science, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712 Austin, TX, USA;(2) Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, 78712 Austin, TX, USA
Abstract:
In this paper we analyze the algebraic formulations of certain geometry statements appearing in recent literature related to mechanical geometry theorem proving and give several examples to show that one of these formulations can cause serious problems. We clarify a formulation which is essentially due to W. T. Wu and, in our opinion, is the most satisfactory.This author was supported by NSF Grants DCR-8503498 and CCR-8702108.