''Data'' (
Greek: Δεδομένα, ''Dedomena'') is a work by
Euclid. It deals with the nature and implications of "given" information in geometrical problems. The subject matter is closely related to the first four books of
Euclid's ''
Elements
Element or elements may refer to:
Science
* Chemical element, a pure substance of one type of atom
* Heating element, a device that generates heat by electrical resistance
* Orbital elements, parameters required to identify a specific orbit of ...
''.
Editions and translations
;Greek text
*''Data'', ed. H. Menge, in ''Euclidis opera omnia'', vol. 6, Leipzig:
Teubner, 1896
Google Books
;English versions
*Translated by Robert Simson
1821 edition1838 edition
*''The Data of Euclid'', trans. from the text of Menge by George L. McDowell and Merle A. Sokolik, Baltimore: Union Square Press, 1993 ()
*''The Medieval Latin Translation of the Data of Euclid'', translated by Shuntaro Ito, Tokyo University Press, 1980 and Birkhauser, 1998. ()
Ancient Greek mathematical works
Works by Euclid
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