Introduction and books 1,2The University Press, 1908 - Mathematics, Greek |
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... proof ( of I. 25 ) given as Heron's by Proclus is introduced by the Arab with the remark that he has not been able ... proof , easy but uninstructive , which are so popular nowadays , the proof of III . 25 ( placed after III . 30 and ...
... proof ( of I. 25 ) given as Heron's by Proclus is introduced by the Arab with the remark that he has not been able ... proof , easy but uninstructive , which are so popular nowadays , the proof of III . 25 ( placed after III . 30 and ...
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... proofs of I. 5 , I. 17 , and I. 32 , which avoid the producing of certain straight lines , ( b ) an alternative proof of 1.9 avoiding the construction of the equilateral triangle on the side of BC opposite to A ; ( c ) partial converses ...
... proofs of I. 5 , I. 17 , and I. 32 , which avoid the producing of certain straight lines , ( b ) an alternative proof of 1.9 avoiding the construction of the equilateral triangle on the side of BC opposite to A ; ( c ) partial converses ...
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... proof of I. 6 to meet a similar supposed objection ; and it may well be that , though Proclus mentions no name , this proof was also Porphyry's , as van Pesch suggests " . Two other references to Porphyry found in Proclus cannot have ...
... proof of I. 6 to meet a similar supposed objection ; and it may well be that , though Proclus mentions no name , this proof was also Porphyry's , as van Pesch suggests " . Two other references to Porphyry found in Proclus cannot have ...
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... proof has , I think , been wrongly understood ; on this point see my note on the proposition . ( 4 ) On I. 47 Proclus says : " As the proof of the writer of the Elements is manifest , I think that it is not necessary to add anything ...
... proof has , I think , been wrongly understood ; on this point see my note on the proposition . ( 4 ) On I. 47 Proclus says : " As the proof of the writer of the Elements is manifest , I think that it is not necessary to add anything ...
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... proof to I. 19. Hence we can by no means conclude that , where no authority is mentioned , Proclus is giving notes ... proof to Pappus , arguing from the fact that the proof is followed by a passage which , on comparison with Pappus ...
... proof to I. 19. Hence we can by no means conclude that , where no authority is mentioned , Proclus is giving notes ... proof to Pappus , arguing from the fact that the proof is followed by a passage which , on comparison with Pappus ...
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Page 322 - AB be the given straight line ; it is required to divide it into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole, and one of the parts, shall be equal to the square of the other part.
Page 204 - After remarking that the mathematician positively knows that the sum of the three angles of a triangle is equal to two right angles...
Page 259 - If two triangles have two sides of the one equal to two sides of the...
Page 188 - That, if a straight line falling on two straight lines make the interior angles on the same side less than two right angles, the two straight lines, if produced indefinitely, meet on that side on which are the angles less than the two right angles.
Page 204 - In any triangle, the sum of the three angles is equal to two right angles, or 180°.
Page 162 - A plane angle is the inclination to one another of two lines in a plane which meet one another and do not lie in a straight line.
Page 167 - When a straight line set up on a straight line makes the adjacent angles equal to one another, each of the equal angles is right, and the straight line standing on the other is called a perpendicular to that on which it stands.
Page 257 - Through a given point to draw a straight line parallel to a given straight line, Let A be the given point, and BC the given straight line : it is required to draw through the point A a straight line parallel to BC.
Page 176 - Parallel straight lines are straight lines which, being in the same plane and being produced indefinitely in both directions, do not meet one another in either direction.
Page 235 - Upon the same base, and on the same side of it, there cannot be two triangles that have their sides which are terminated in one extremity of' the base, equal to one another, and likewise those which are terminated in the other extremity.