• Journal for History of Mathematics
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.25-39
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• 1999

In Euclidean plane geometry, areas of polygons can be computed through a finite process of cutting and pasting. The Hilbert's third problem is that a theory of volume can not be based on the idea of cutting and pasting. This problem was solved by Dehn a few months after it was posed. The purpose of this article is not only to study Hilbert's third Problem and its proof but also to provide basis for the secondary school mathematics.

• Journal of the Korean School Mathematics Society
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.371-385
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• 2015

In this paper we investigate the axioms defining area and volume so that revisit area formula for triangle, volume formula for triangular pyramid, and related contents in school mathematics from the view point of axiomatic method and Hilbert's third problem.