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On the Fifth Book of Euclid's Elements

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

M. J. M. Hill
M. J. M. Hill
Affiliation:
Peterhouse
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There are in the Fifth Book of Euclid's Elements twelve propositions, the object of which is to prove the equality of two ratios.

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 23 , Issue 7 , July 1927 , pp. 779 - 782
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1927

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References

* The first paper of this set is in the Transactions, Vol. XVI, the second in Vol. XIX, the third, fourth and fifth in Vol. XXII. There is an addendum to the fifth paper in Vol. XXI of the Proceedings.Google Scholar

† This proposition was known to De Morgan, see my fourth paper, p. 185.Google Scholar