Greek mathematician who applied the deductive principles of logic to geometry, thereby deriving statements from clearly defined axioms. His Elements remained influential as a geometry textbook until the 19th century.
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Greek mathematician whose book, Elements , was used continuously until the 19th century. In it he organized and systematized all that was known about geometry. Euclid's systematic use of deductions and axioms was widely regarded as a model working method and influenced mathematicians and scientists for over two thousand years.
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(person) Fl. 300 b.c.; Gr. mathematician: author of a basic work in geometry.
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(place) City in NE Ohio: suburb of Cleveland.
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Euclid was a Greek mathematician known for his contributions to geometry.
An example of Euclid is the man who wrote the book Elements.
He also studied the first six books of Euclid and some algebra, besides reading a considerable quantity of Hebrew and learning the Odes of Horace by heart.
Plutarch, however, states the method in a form requiring the knowledge of Euclid vi.
His introduction to Euclid took place accidentally in 1629 (Aubrey's Lives, p. 604).
If there were such a thing as a triangle contained by absolutely straight lines, its three angles would no doubt measure what Euclid says; but straight lines and true triangles nowhere exist in reruns natura.
At the age of eight he began Latin, Euclid, and algebra, and was appointed schoolmaster to the younger children of the family.