The Elements is still considered a masterpiece in the application of logic to mathematics. In historical context, it has proven enormously influential in many areas of science… 展开

Euclid's axiomatic approach and constructive methodswere widely influential. Many of Euclid's propositions were constructive, demonstrating the existence of som… 展开

Euclid's list of axioms in the Elementswas not exhaustive, but represented the principles that were the most important. His proofs often invoke axiomatic notions which were not originall… 展开

It was not uncommon in ancient times to attribute to celebrated authors works that were not written by them. It is by these means that the apocryphal books XIV and XV of the Eleme… 展开