Euclid

Mathematics Greek -325 – -265 439 quotes

Father of geometry, wrote Elements

Quotes by Euclid

Similar polygons inscribed in circles are to one another in the ratio of the squares of their corresponding sides.

Elements (Book VI, Proposition 19) -300

In a circle, the angle in the same segment is equal to the angle in the same segment.

Elements (Book III, Proposition 21) -300

The product of the segments of two chords intersecting inside a circle are equal.

Elements (Book III, Proposition 35) -300

The angle between a tangent and a chord is equal to the angle in the alternate segment.

Elements (Book III, Proposition 32) -300

The sum of the interior angles of a polygon with n sides is (n-2) times 180 degrees.

Elements (derived from Book I, Proposition 32) -300

Things which are double of the same things are double of one another.

Elements (Book V, Definition 4) -300

The base angles of an isosceles triangle are equal.

Elements (Book I, Proposition 5) -300

A number is that which is capable of being measured by some unit.

Elements (Book VII, Definition 1) -300

An unit is that by virtue of which each of the things that exist is called one.

Elements (Book VII, Definition 2) -300

A number is a multitude composed of units.

Elements (Book VII, Definition 3) -300

A part of a number is a number which measures the whole.

Elements (Book VII, Definition 4) -300

The less number measures the greater when the greater is seen how many times it contains the less exactly.

Elements (Book VII, Definition 5) -300

A number is said to measure a number when the less is contained in the greater a number of times exactly.

Elements (Book VII, Definition 6) -300

A prime number is that which is measured by the unit alone.

Elements (Book VII, Definition 8) -300

A composite number is that which is measured by some number different from itself.

Elements (Book VII, Definition 9) -300

Numbers are proportional when the first is the same multiple of the second that the third is of the fourth.

Elements (Book VII, Definition 20) -300

To find the greatest common measure of two given numbers.

Elements (Book VII, Proposition 1) -300

Given two numbers not prime to one another, to find their greatest common measure.

Elements (Book VII, Proposition 2) -300

Given three numbers not prime to one another, to find their greatest common measure.

Elements (Book VII, Proposition 3) -300

If two numbers by multiplying the same number make two numbers which are prime to one another, the original numbers will also be prime to one another.

Elements (Book VII, Proposition 4) -300