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Euclid's Elements

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Elements
The frontispiece o Sir Henry Billingsley's first Inglis version o Euclid's Elements, 1570
AuthorEuclid
LeidAuncient Greek
SubjectEuclidean geometry, elementar nummer theory, incommensurable lines
Genretreatise Edit this on Wikidata
Publication datec. 300 BC
Pages13 beuks

The Elements (Ancient Greek: Στοιχεῖα Stoicheia) is a mathematical treatise consistin o 13 beuks attributit tae the auncient Greek mathematician Euclid in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egyp c. 300 BC.

References

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  • Heath, Thomas L. (1956). The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements (2nd [Facsimile. Original publication: Cambridge University Press, 1925] ed.). New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-60088-2 (vol. 1), ISBN 0-486-60089-0 (vol. 2), ISBN 0-486-60090-4 (vol. 3).
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