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In mathematics, a statement that is assumed to be true and upon which theorems are proved by using logical deduction; for example, two straight lines cannot enclose a space. The Greek mathematician Euclid used a series of axioms that he considered could not be demonstrated in terms of simpler concepts to prove his geometrical theorems.


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Two of the fundamental postulates of logic are known as the law of uniformity of nature, and the law of the excluded middle.
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Unlike English, in mathematics the fundamental postulates, actually assumptions, and rules of operations, are explicit.
 
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