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Euclid
Euclid was a Greek mathematician who became famous as the Father of Geometry. He was also known as Euclid of Alexandria, where he founded a school over 2,000 years ago. He published a 13 volume treatise called Elements, a collation of all the mathematics known at that time, which is the basis of geometry still taught in modern schools more than 2,000 years later.
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What is the 13th book in euclid's elements?
The thirteenth and last book of the Elements of Euclid deals with the construction of the five "Platonic solids": the tetrahedron, octahedron, cube, icosahedron and dodecahedron. It applies Eudoxus' method of exhaustion to prove that the areas of circles are to one another as the squares of their diameters and that the volumes of spheres are to one another as the cubes of their diameters. It includes the construction of the five regular Platonic solids (pyramid, cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron) inside a sphere.
See the related link to read all thirteen books of the Elements.
What is the title of the 13th book of Euclid's Elements?
The thirteenth book of "Euclid's Elements" is called regular solids. In this final book, Euclid names and describes the properties of the five regular solids and ends it by proving no other regular solids exist.
He was the father of geometry and he discovered many ways of finding angles
Alex Shatto
Was Euclid Ohio named after Euclid?
Euclid OH was named after the Greek mathematician. It was incorporated as a township in 1809.
Adrien-Marie Legendre
Was there any contribution of euclid in the discovery of pi or something related to circles?
While Euclid was famed for his development and presentation of geometry to the ancient Greek world, it was Archimedes who made a direct contribution to the discovery of pi.
I suggest you find an online summary of Euclid's Elementsand use that as a resource.
Euclid wrote the elements what are the elements?
An element is the basic part or principle of anything, an object or an idea. Euclid's Elements outlines and explains the basic concepts of mathematics that had been determined by Greek and Egyptian mathematicians by the third century BC. His compilation of the elements of mathematics is still in use over two thousand years later, and remains the foundation of 'modern' geometry. you mean propositions are the basic part or principle of anything, and object or an idea.
The name "Euclid" is an English translation of the Greek name Eukleides. Eukleides, meaning "good glory", and that was probably his first name. At the same time, very little is known about him and so that is as far as i can go The name "Euclid" is an English translation of the Greek name Eukleides. Eukleides, meaning 'good glory', was probably his first name. At the same time, little is known of Euclid.
Euclid educated at Plato's Academy. He was there for several years until he left to teach at Ptolemy's newly established university.
Who was the teacher of euclid?
Euclid was probably educated in Athens by followers of the teachings of Plato.
The name Euclid is an English translation of the Greek name Eukleides. Eukleides, meaning 'good glory', was probably his first name. Family names in the 4th Century BC usually referred to the place where a person was born, and is not known in Euclid's case. There is no known record of Euclid's parents, sibling, marriage, or childhood.
What is the whole name of Euclid?
Euclid is the only recorded name of the man of the fourth century BC known as the Father of Geometry. He was also called Euclid of Alexandria, where he established a school of mathematics.
Euclid is known as the Father of Geometry or The Alexandrian mathematician.
How many books are in Euclid's ''Elements'' and what is the title of Book Thirteen?
There are 13 books in Euclid's Elements. The title of Book XIII is " Regular solids."
What anecdotes were there about Euclid?
Euclid, Pythagoras and a nun walk into a bar... No, I can't tell that one. How about Proclus telling a story that, when Ptolemy I asked if there was a shorter path to learning geometry than Euclid's Elements, "Euclid replied, 'There is no royal road to geometry.'"
Euclid lived for about 60 years between around 325 and 265 BC.
He died in Alexandra Egypt but, no one really knows when he was born (when the exact date he was born.)
There are no known records of Euclid's early life or family other than he was thought to have been born in Greece and received his early education in Athens.
Euclid's family, birthplace, and life span are unknown/uncertain facts right now. There wasn't much information about him, so any other info on the internet about his family may be fake.
There is no record of the name of Euclid's spouse, if he ever married, or any information about his parents or other members of his family.
There is no known record of Euclid's parents, sibling, marriage, or childhood.
Euclid was a man - a great geometer of the ancient world. Your question should read "What is Euclidean geometry ?" The answer is : Euclidean geometry is that geometry that is based on all Euclid's axioms and postulates, including the one that says "Given a straight line on the plane and a point on the plane that is not on the line, then there can be drawn through the point and on the plane, exactly one line that never intersects the first line." Euclid knew quite well that this last was only a postulate, and that it might be possible to construct a self consistent geometry with this postulate different. It was not until the 19th century that other mathematicians caught on to this, and came up with alternative geometries. When we talk about geometries on a surface then the crucial question is whether the surface is flat - if it is then geometry is Euclidean. If the surface is curved then it isn't. Of course, we amost always do our geometry on a flat surface if we can. We can't if we are trying to navigate on the surface of the earth which is curved. The question becomes really important when we go to three dimensions; what is the geometry of space, is it curved and if so which way. The new geometries were another one of the mathematicians' pretty toys until Einstein showed us that space was in fact curved.
