Euclid — "If a straight line be cut into two equal parts and also into two unequal parts, …"

If a straight line be cut into two equal parts and also into two unequal parts, the rectangle contained by the unequal parts together with the square on the line between the points of section is equal to the square on the half.
Euclid — Euclid Ancient · Father of geometry

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Theorem 5, Book II of 'Elements'

Date: c. 300 BCE

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