# Axiom:Lower Dimensional Axiom

## Axiom

Let $a, b, c, \ldots, x, y, z$ be points.

Let $\mathsf B$ denote the relation of betweenness.

Let $\equiv$ be the relation of equidistance.

Let $=$ be the relation of equality.

## 1 Dimension

The lower $1$-dimensional axiom is the assertion:

$\exists a, b: \neg \left({a = b}\right)$

### Intuition

There are two points, hence the space is at least $1$-dimensional.

## 2 Dimensions

The lower $2$-dimensional axiom is the assertion:

$\exists a, b, c: \neg \mathsf B abc \land \neg \mathsf B bca \land \neg \mathsf B cab$

### Intuition

There are three points that are not collinear.

It follows that the space is at least $2$-dimensional.

## $n$ Dimensions

Let $n \in \N, n \ge 3$.

The lower $n$-dimensional axiom is the assertion:

$\exists a, b, c, p_1, \cdots, p_{n-1}: \left({\displaystyle \bigwedge_{1 \mathop \le i \mathop < j \mathop < n} \neg \left({p_i = p_j}\right) \land \bigwedge_{i \mathop = 2}^{n - 1} a p_1 \equiv a p_i \land \bigwedge_{i \mathop = 2}^{n - 1} b p_1 \equiv b p_i \land \bigwedge_{i \mathop = 2}^{n - 1} c p_1 \equiv c p_i}\right)$
$\land \left({\neg \mathsf B abc \land \neg \mathsf B bca \land \neg \mathsf B cab}\right)$

where:

$a, b, c, p_i$ are points
$\displaystyle \bigwedge$ denotes the general conjunction operator.

### Intuition

There exist $n-1$ (pairwise) distinct points.

There are also three points $a, b, c$.

It is possible to set up these points such that all of $a, b, c$ are equidistant from the $n - 1$ points and yet $a, b, c$ are not collinear.

In other words, the set of all points equidistant from of $n - 1$ distinct points is not a line.

These axioms effectively give a lower bound on the dimension of the space considered.