Euclid's Elements

Elements

The frontispiece o Sir Henry Billingsley's first Inglis version o Euclid's Elements, 1570
Author	Euclid
Leid	Auncient Greek
Subject	Euclidean geometry, elementar nummer theory, incommensurable lines
Genre	treatise
Publication date	c. 300 BC
Pages	13 beuks

The Elements (Ancient Greek: Στοιχεῖα Stoicheia) is a mathematical treatise consistin o 13 beuks attributit tae the auncient Greek mathematician Euclid in Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egyp c. 300 BC.

References

• Ball, W.W. Rouse (1960). A Short Account of the History of Mathematics (4th ed. [Reprint. Original publication: London: Macmillan & Co., 1908] ed.). New York: Dover Publications. pp. 50–62. ISBN 978-0-486-20630-1.
• Heath, Thomas L. (1956). The Thirteen Books of Euclid's Elements (2nd [Facsimile. Original publication: Cambridge University Press, 1925] ed.). New York: Dover Publications. ISBN 0-486-60088-2 (vol. 1), ISBN 0-486-60089-0 (vol. 2), ISBN 0-486-60090-4 (vol. 3).
• Boyer, Carl B. (1991). A History of Mathematics (Second Edition ed.). John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 978-0-471-54397-8.CS1 maint: extra text (link)

External links

• Multilingual edition of Elementa in the Bibliotheca Polyglotta
• Euclid (1997) [c. 300 BC]. David E. Joyce (ed.). "Elements". Retrieved 30 August 2006.
• Richard Fitzpatrick's bilingual edition (freely downloadable PDF, also available as ISBN 978-0-615-17984-1)
• Heath's English translation (HTML, without figures, public domain)
  • Heath's English translation & commentary (Google Books): vol. 1, vol. 2, vol. 3, vol. 3 c. 2
• Web adapted version of Byrne’s Euclid bi Nicholas Rougeux
• The First Six Books of the Elements
• Clay Mathematics Institute Historical Archive – The thirteen books of Euclid's Elements
• Euclid's Elements Redux