• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.57-70
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• 2012

In this study, a teaching unit for mathematically gifted students is designed, based on Lakatos's perspective. First, students appreciated the exceptions of Desargue theorem and introduced the point at infinity to remove the exceptions. Finally students were guided to realize that the exceptions and the general case of Desargue theorem have equal status. Exploring Desargue theorem with other viewpoints, gifted students experienced the growth of mathematical knowledge due to exceptions of the theorem.

• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.29 no.3
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• pp.191-216
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• 2016

Moulton plane is the plane where all the plane axioms of Hilbert except the side-angle-side axiom hold true, and enables us to understand the importance and significance of the side-angle-side axiom. In this article, we start with the definitions of the Moulton lines, distance, angle, and then introduce many theorems of the Moulton geometry, with many intuitive proofs or explanations of our own with appropriate examples. In particular, we provide our independent study of the tangent lines to the Moulton circles and the rigid motions of the Moulton plane.