Euclid’s Elements, which presented the state of the art in geometry around 300 B.C., has been extraordinarily influential. This massive, 13-volume compendium set the standard for mathematical ...

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A TYPICAL problem of the Divisions is “to cut off a certain-fraction from a given triangle by a line drawn from a given point within the triangle.” Of the thirty-six propositions of the book, six are ...

THERE are many geometrical results which are not directly formulated or stated in Euclid's Elements, which are yet constantly turning up in the solution of geometrical problems, and it is very ...

Nobel Prize-winning physicist Frank Wilczek explores the secrets of the cosmos. Read previous columns here. Euclid wrote his famous textbook of geometry, the “Elements,” around 300 B.C. It is a ...

Binder's title: Playfair's Euclid. At head of title: Dean's stereotype edition. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries ...