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Euclid
Euclid (; grc-gre, Εὐκλείδης; BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the ''Elements'' treatise, which established the foundations of geometry that largely dominated the field until the early 19th century. His system, now referred to as Euclidean geometry, involved new innovations in combination with a synthesis of theories from earlier Greek mathematicians, including Eudoxus of Cnidus, Hippocrates of Chios, Thales and Theaetetus. With Archimedes and Apollonius of Perga, Euclid is generally considered among the greatest mathematicians of antiquity, and one of the most influential in the history of mathematics. Very little is known of Euclid's life, and most information comes from the philosophers Proclus and Pappus of Alexandria many centuries later. Until the early Renaissance he was often mistaken for the earlier philosopher Euclid of Megara, causing his biograph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euclidean Algorithm
In mathematics, the Euclidean algorithm,Some widely used textbooks, such as I. N. Herstein's ''Topics in Algebra'' and Serge Lang's ''Algebra'', use the term "Euclidean algorithm" to refer to Euclidean division or Euclid's algorithm, is an efficient method for computing the greatest common divisor (GCD) of two integers (numbers), the largest number that divides them both without a remainder. It is named after the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, who first described it in his ''Elements'' (c. 300 BC). It is an example of an ''algorithm'', a step-by-step procedure for performing a calculation according to well-defined rules, and is one of the oldest algorithms in common use. It can be used to reduce fractions to their simplest form, and is a part of many other number-theoretic and cryptographic calculations. The Euclidean algorithm is based on the principle that the greatest common divisor of two numbers does not change if the larger number is replaced by its difference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Εὐκλείδης
Euclid (; grc-gre, Εὐκλείδης; BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the ''Elements'' treatise, which established the foundations of geometry that largely dominated the field until the early 19th century. His system, now referred to as Euclidean geometry, involved new innovations in combination with a synthesis of theories from earlier Greek mathematicians, including Eudoxus of Cnidus, Hippocrates of Chios, Thales and Theaetetus. With Archimedes and Apollonius of Perga, Euclid is generally considered among the greatest mathematicians of antiquity, and one of the most influential in the history of mathematics. Very little is known of Euclid's life, and most information comes from the philosophers Proclus and Pappus of Alexandria many centuries later. Until the early Renaissance he was often mistaken for the earlier philosopher Euclid of Megara, causing his biography to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euclidean Geometry
Euclidean geometry is a mathematical system attributed to ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, which he described in his textbook on geometry: the ''Elements''. Euclid's approach consists in assuming a small set of intuitively appealing axioms (postulates) and deducing many other propositions ( theorems) from these. Although many of Euclid's results had been stated earlier,. Euclid was the first to organize these propositions into a logical system in which each result is '' proved'' from axioms and previously proved theorems. The ''Elements'' begins with plane geometry, still taught in secondary school (high school) as the first axiomatic system and the first examples of mathematical proofs. It goes on to the solid geometry of three dimensions. Much of the ''Elements'' states results of what are now called algebra and number theory, explained in geometrical language. For more than two thousand years, the adjective "Euclidean" was unnecessary because no other sort of geom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euclid's Elements
The ''Elements'' ( grc, Στοιχεῖα ''Stoikheîa'') is a mathematical treatise consisting of 13 books attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt 300 BC. It is a collection of definitions, postulates, propositions ( theorems and constructions), and mathematical proofs of the propositions. The books cover plane and solid Euclidean geometry, elementary number theory, and incommensurable lines. ''Elements'' is the oldest extant large-scale deductive treatment of mathematics. It has proven instrumental in the development of logic and modern science, and its logical rigor was not surpassed until the 19th century. Euclid's ''Elements'' has been referred to as the most successful and influential textbook ever written. It was one of the very earliest mathematical works to be printed after the invention of the printing press and has been estimated to be second only to the Bible in the number of editions published since the first pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geometry
Geometry (; ) is, with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. It is concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. A mathematician who works in the field of geometry is called a '' geometer''. Until the 19th century, geometry was almost exclusively devoted to Euclidean geometry, which includes the notions of point, line, plane, distance, angle, surface, and curve, as fundamental concepts. During the 19th century several discoveries enlarged dramatically the scope of geometry. One of the oldest such discoveries is Carl Friedrich Gauss' ("remarkable theorem") that asserts roughly that the Gaussian curvature of a surface is independent from any specific embedding in a Euclidean space. This implies that surfaces can be studied ''intrinsically'', that is, as stand-alone spaces, and has been expanded into the theory of manifolds and Riemannian geometry. Later in the 19th century, it appeared that geom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euclidean Relation
In mathematics, Euclidean relations are a class of binary relations that formalize " Axiom 1" in Euclid's ''Elements'': "Magnitudes which are equal to the same are equal to each other." Definition A binary relation ''R'' on a set ''X'' is Euclidean (sometimes called right Euclidean) if it satisfies the following: for every ''a'', ''b'', ''c'' in ''X'', if ''a'' is related to ''b'' and ''c'', then ''b'' is related to ''c''.. To write this in predicate logic: :\forall a, b, c\in X\,(a\,R\, b \land a \,R\, c \to b \,R\, c). Dually, a relation ''R'' on ''X'' is left Euclidean if for every ''a'', ''b'', ''c'' in ''X'', if ''b'' is related to ''a'' and ''c'' is related to ''a'', then ''b'' is related to ''c'': :\forall a, b, c\in X\,(b\,R\, a \land c \,R\, a \to b \,R\, c). Properties # Due to the commutativity of ∧ in the definition's antecedent, ''aRb'' ∧ ''aRc'' even implies ''bRc'' ∧ ''cRb'' when ''R'' is right Euclidean. Similarly, ''bRa'' ∧ ''cRa'' implies ''bRc'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Things Named After Euclid
This is a list of topics named after the Greek mathematician Euclid. Mathematics Number theory * Euclidean algorithm ** Extended Euclidean algorithm * Euclidean division * Euclid–Euler theorem * Euclid number * Euclid's lemma * Euclid's orchard * Euclid–Mullin sequence * Euclid's theorem Algebra * Euclidean domain * Euclidean field Geometry * Euclidean group * Euclidean geometry **Non-Euclidean geometry * Euclid's formula * Euclidean distance ** Euclidean distance matrix * Euclidean space **Pseudo-Euclidean space * Euclidean vector * Euclidean relation * Euclidean topology * Euclid's fifth postulate Other * Euclid's Elements * Euclid's Optics * Euclid (spacecraft) * Euclid, Ohio Euclid, Minnesota * Euclidean rhythm a term coined by Godfried Toussaint in his 2005 paper "The Euclidean Algorithm Generates Traditional Musical Rhythms" * Euclid (computer program) * Euclid (programming language) * Euclid, a supercomputer built by the fictional character Maximillian C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
