Author: EuclidPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
"The book includes introductions, terminology and biographical notes, bibliography, and an index and glossary" --from book jacket.
Euclid's Elements
Author: EuclidPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
"The book includes introductions, terminology and biographical notes, bibliography, and an index and glossary" --from book jacket.
The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements
Author: EuclidPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781546376675
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
Euclid's Elements is a mathematical and geometric treatise consisting of 13 books attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt circa 300 BC. It is a collection of definitions, postulates (axioms), propositions (theorems and constructions), and mathematical proofs of the propositions. The books cover Euclidean geometry and the ancient Greek version of elementary number theory. The work also includes an algebraic system that has become known as geometric algebra, which is powerful enough to solve many algebraic problems, including the problem of finding the square root of a number. Elements is the second-oldest extant Greek mathematical treatise after Autolycus' On the Moving Sphere, and it is the oldest extant axiomatic deductive treatment of mathematics. It has proven instrumental in the development of logic and modern science. According to Proclus, the term "element" was used to describe a theorem that is all-pervading and helps furnishing proofs of many other theorems. The word 'element' in the Greek language is the same as 'letter'. This suggests that theorems in the Elements should be seen as standing in the same relation to geometry as letters to language. Later commentators give a slightly different meaning to the term element, emphasizing how the propositions have progressed in small steps, and continued to build on previous propositions in a well-defined order.
The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements
Author: EuclidPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements
Author: Thomas L. HeathPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107480426
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 447
Book Description
First published in 1926, this book contains the first volume of a three-volume English translation of the thirteen books of Euclid's Elements.
The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements
Author: Thomas L. HeathPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107480507
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 555
Book Description
First published in 1926, this book contains the final volume of a three-volume English translation of the thirteen books of Euclid's Elements.
The Elements
Author: EuclidThe Elements of Euclid, Viz. the First Six Books, Together with the Eleventh and Twelfth ... Also the Book of Euclid's Data, in Like Manner Corrected
Author: EuclidEuclid—The Creation of Mathematics
Author: Benno ArtmannPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1461214122
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Euclid presents the essential of mathematics in a manner which has set a high standard for more than 2000 years. This book, an explanation of the nature of mathematics from its most important early source, is for all lovers of mathematics with a solid background in high school geometry, whether they be students or university professors.
The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements
Author: EuclidPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Mathematics, Greek
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements
Author: EuclidPublisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486600890
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The definitive edition of one of the very greatest classics of all time--the full Euclid, encompassing almost 2500 years of mathematical and historical study. This unabridged republication of the original enlarged edition contains the complete English text of all 13 books of the ELEMENTS, plus analyses of each definition, postulate, and proposition.