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Euclid

Ancient Greek mathematician, author of the Elements.

The English name 'Euclid' derives from the Ancient Greek Eukleídes, meaning "renowned, glorious"[1] By metonymy, 'Euclid' can also refer to his work Euclid's Elements or to geometry itself.[2]

Quick Facts

Years active
300 BC
Field
Mathematics (Geometry)

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

The details of Euclid's life are mostly unknown, with the traditional narrative following the 5th century AD account by Proclus.[3] According to Proclus, Euclid lived shortly after Plato's followers and before Archimedes, specifically during the rule of Ptolemy I.[4] The Elements is divided into plane geometry, basic number theory, and solid geometry.[5] It has been speculated that Euclid was among the first scholars of the Musaeum in Alexandria.[6]

Euclid's magnum opus is his thirteen-book treatise the Elements, which assembles accepted mathematical knowledge into a cogent order and adds new proofs to fill in gaps.[7]

What the cited sources add

The Minor Planet Center records that asteroid 4354 Euclides was discovered at Palomar on 1960-09-24 by C. J. van Houten, I. van Houten-Groeneveld, and T. Gehrels.[8]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Euclid" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sialaros 2021, p. § "Summary" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Euclid" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Bruno 2003, p. [https://archive.org/details/mathmathematicia00brun/page/125 125] (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Euclid" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Heath 1981, p. 354; Asper 2010, p. § para. 1; Sialaros 2021, p. § "Summary" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Euclid" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Heath 1981, p. 354; Asper 2010, p. § para. 1; Ball 1960, p. [https://archive.org/details/shortaccountofhi0000ball/page/52/mode/2up 52]; Sialaros 2020, p. 141; Bruno 2003, p. [https://archive.org/details/mathmathematicia00brun/page/125 125]; Goulding 2010, p. 125; Smorynski 2008, p. 2; Ball 1960, p. [https://archive.org/details/shortaccountofhi0000ball/page/52/mode/2up 52]; Boyer 1991, p. [https://archive.org/details/historyofmathema00boye/page/100/mode/2up?view=theater 100]; Heath 1981, p. 354; Goulding 2010, p. 125; Heath 1908, p. [https://arch en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Euclid" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Taisbak Van der Waerden 2021, p. § "Life"; Artmann 2012, p. 3; Asper 2010, p. § para. 1; Asper 2010, p. § para. 1; Sialaros 2021, p. § "Summary"; Sialaros 2021, p. § "Summary"; Jahnke 2010, p. 18; Taisbak Van der Waerden 2021, p. § "Life"; Sialaros 2021, p. § "Summary"; Sialaros 2021, p. § "Summary"; Asper 2010, p. § para. 1 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Euclid" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Asper 2010, p. § para. 1; Sialaros 2020, p. 141; Heath 1908, p. [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_UhgPAAAAIAAJ/page/n13/mode/2up 2]; Bruno 2003, p. [https://archive.org/details/mathmathematicia00brun/page/125 125]; Ball 1960, p. [https://archive.org/details/shortaccountofhi0000ball/page/52/mode/2up 52]; Boyer 1991, p. [https://archive.org/details/historyofmathema00boye/page/100/mode/2up?view=theater 100]; Bruno 2003, p. [https://archive.org/details/mathmathematicia00brun/page/125 125] (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Euclid" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sialaros 2021, p. § "Summary"; Asper 2010, p. § para. 1; Asper 2010, p. § para. 1; Taisbak Van der Waerden 2021, p. § "Life"; Cuomo 2005, p. 131; Asper 2010, p. § para. 1; Sialaros 2021, p. § "Summary" (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. "4354 Euclides (2142 P-L)", Minor Planet Center. facts only, no text reused. minorplanetcenter.net

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