1) Elementary geometry
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Pons asinorum (Latin for `bridge of donkeys`) is the name given to Euclid`s fifth proposition in Book 1 of his Elements of geometry, also known as the theorem on isosceles triangles. It states that the angles opposite the equal sides of an isosceles triangle are equal. Another medieval term for the theorem was Elefuga which, according to Roger ......
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n] - a problem that severely tests the ability of an inexperienced person
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pons asinorum Bridge of donkeys [asses]. A test for beginners; problem that the slow-witted cannot solve. It is anything except a 'bridge'; it is really pedica asinorum, the 'dolt's stumbling block.' —Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable; revised by Ivor H. Evans; published by Harper & Row, Publishers; New York; 1981.
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noun a problem that severely tests the ability of an inexperienced person
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The literal meaning of the Latin expression, asses' bridge, has been figuratively applied to a diagram constructed by Petrus Tartaretus about 1480, whose purpose was to aid the student of logic in finding the middle term of a syllogism and disclose its relations. It was assumed that it was as difficult to persuade students to do this as to get ass....
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