Euclid

:For other senses of this word, see Euclid (disambiguation).

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Euclid of Alexandria (Greek: {{polytonic|Εὐκλείδης}}) (ca. 325 BC–265 BC) was a Greek mathematician who taught at Alexandria in Egypt almost certainly during the reign (323 BC–283 BC) of Ptolemy I. Now known as "the father of geometry," his most famous work is Elements, widely considered to be history's most successful textbook. Within it, the properties of geometrical objects and integers are deduced from a small set of axioms, thereby anticipating (and partly inspiring) the axiomatic method of modern mathematics.

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Greek - 325 BC - 265 BC - Greek - Mathematician - Alexandria - Egypt - 323 BC - 283 BC - Ptolemy I - Geometry - Elements - Textbook - Integer - Axiom - Axiomatic method - Mathematics

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Euclid also wrote works on perspective, conic sections, spherical geometry, and possibly quadric surfaces. Neither the year nor place of his birth have been established, nor the circumstances of his death.

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Perspective - Conic section - Spherical geometry - Quadric surfaces

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