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Euclid “The Father of Geomerty ”. By: Rachel S. Basic Knowlege. (ca 322-275 BC ) Megara/Alexandria Student of Aristotle founded the school of mathematics at U niversity of Alexandria. What Did He State/Prove?. Infinite prime numbers the unique factorization theorem
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Euclid“The Father of Geomerty” By: Rachel S.
Basic Knowlege • (ca 322-275 BC) Megara/Alexandria • Student of Aristotle • founded the school of mathematics at University of Alexandria
What Did He State/Prove? • Infinite prime numbers • the unique factorization theorem • Euclid's algorithm for computing gcd • there are only five "Platonic solids," • Many theorems for geometry
Books About Him • The Division of the Scale (a mathematical discussion of music), • The Optics, • The Cartoptrics (a treatise on the theory of mirrors), • a book on spherical geometry, • a book on logic fallacies • math textbook The Elements.
Works Cited • http://fabpedigree.com/james/mathmen.htm#Euclid • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid • *All pictures are from Google