Euclid: The Thirteen Books of Elements, Vol. 3, Books 10-13 (edition 1956)

by Thomas L. Heath (Author)

Series: Elements (10-13)

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Volume 3 of three-volume set containing complete English text of all 13 books of the Elements plus critical apparatus analyzing each definition, postulate, and proposition in great detail. Covers textual and linguistic matters; mathematical analyses of Euclid's ideas; classical, medieval, Renaissance and modern commentators; refutations, supports, extrapolations, reinterpretations and historical notes. Vol. 3 includes Books X-XIII: Commensurable magnitudes, solids, cones, cylinders.… (more)

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A collection of all 13 Euclid's books of The Elements, with an introduction and commentary throughout the book.

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Angle bisector theorem

Exterior angle theorem

Foundations of geometry

Geometric progression

Horn angle

Ordered geometry

Playfair's axiom

Transversal (geometry)

Vertex (geometry)

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Volume 3 of three-volume set containing complete English text of all 13 books of the Elements plus critical apparatus analyzing each definition, postulate, and proposition in great detail. Covers textual and linguistic matters; mathematical analyses of Euclid's ideas; classical, medieval, Renaissance and modern commentators; refutations, supports, extrapolations, reinterpretations and historical notes. Vol. 3 includes Books X-XIII: Commensurable magnitudes, solids, cones, cylinders.

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