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Elements

Also known as Euclid's Elements, Elements by Euclid, Euc.

mathematical treatise by Euclid

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"Elements" is a mathematical textbook written by the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid that systematically presents geometry and number theory through logical proofs and definitions. It became one of the most influential and widely used educational texts in history, shaping how mathematics was taught and understood for over two thousand years.

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Vinony's link graph records 862 inbound references to Elements, and connects out to Thales, Ancient Greek and axiom.

Vinony files it under 3rd-century BC books, Euclidean geometry and Foundations of geometry.

Vinony links it to 79 Wikipedia language editions.

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Instance of: reference work
Author: Euclid
Genre: treatise
Main subject: mathematics
Image: Title page of Sir Henry Billingsley's first English version of Euclid's Elements, 1570 (560x900).jpg

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Commons category: Elements of Euclid
described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
language of work or name: Ancient Greek
work available at URL: www.claymath.org/euclid/index
copyright status: public domain
after a work by: Theaetetus
title: Στοιχεῖα
different from: Element
entry in abbreviations table: Euc.
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
inception: 0300-00-00
maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics

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Encyclopedic overview

The Elements (Ancient Greek: Στοιχεῖα Stoikheîa) is a mathematical treatise written c. 300 BC by the Ancient Greek mathematician Euclid.

The Elements is the oldest extant large-scale deductive treatment of mathematics. Drawing on the works of earlier mathematicians such as Hippocrates of Chios, Eudoxus of Cnidus, and Theaetetus, the Elements is a collection in 13 books of definitions, postulates, geometric constructions, and theorems with their proofs that covers plane and solid Euclidean geometry, elementary number theory, and incommensurability. These include the Pythagorean theorem, Thales' theorem, the Euclidean algorithm for greatest common divisors, Euclid's theorem that there are infinitely many prime numbers, and the construction of regular polygons and polyhedra.

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