Euclid

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Euclid is the author of the elements of critical work in classical geometry, which is now named after him, Euclidean geometry, to distinguish it from other. Euclid was a Greek mathematician, lived in Alexandria. It is believed that he was younger than the first disciples of Plato and older than those of Archimedes. It is very likely that Euclid has received teachings mathematicians of the first disciples of Plato.

The great work of Euclid's Elements was subdivided into 13 books. At the time of Archimedes he was frequently adopted as a basic book and the elements were considered the book ...