Remarks on Geometric Theorem Proving

The mathematical literature related to automatic methods for proving theorems in Euclidean geometry is immense. However, it is the opinion of the authors that the theory behind this topic would profit from more algebraic tools and more methods from commutative algebra. The scope of this paper is to begin to fill such a gap. In particular we bring to the forefront important notions such as computing field, optimal hypothesis ideal, and good set of conditions.