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- How do you cite Euclid's Elements?
- When was Elements by Euclid published?
- Who wrote Euclid's Elements?
- What is book V of Euclid's Elements?
How do you cite Euclid's Elements?
APA citation style:
Euclid Author, Hypsicles, O. A. C. & Mocenigo, G. (1482) Euclid's "Elements" .
When was Elements by Euclid published?
infinite classes of questions; Euclid's Elements, published about 300 bce, contained one for finding the greatest common divisor of two natural numbers.
Who wrote Euclid's Elements?
Euclid's Elements (sometimes: The Elements, Greek: Στοιχεῖα Stoicheia) is a large set of math books about geometry, written by the ancient Greek mathematician known as Euclid (c. 325 BC–265 BC) in Alexandria (Egypt) circa 300 BC.
What is book V of Euclid's Elements?
Book V covers the abstract theory of ratio and proportion. A ratio is an indication of the relative size of two magnitudes. The propositions in the following book, Book VI, are all geometric and depend on ratios, so the theory of ratios needs to be developed first.
