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EUCLID

Life in General. Life span:325-265BCHis birth place is unknown, possibly Megara.He died at age 60He was educated in Athens by the Greek philosopher Plato. After that he went on to teach at a school he founded in Alexandria, Egypt.He was a author of many geometrical and other math books.. Histor

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EUCLID

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    1. EUCLID A Greek Mathematician

    2. Life in General Life span:325-265BC His birth place is unknown, possibly Megara. He died at age 60 He was educated in Athens by the Greek philosopher Plato. After that he went on to teach at a school he founded in Alexandria, Egypt. He was a author of many geometrical and other math books.

    3. Historic Events Alexander the Great’s conquest starts as Hellenism (to be “Greek-like”) follows in his army’s wake. There is many wars against Rome, such as the Punic Wars. The militaristic state of Ch’in unifies China for the first time.

    4. Mathematical Success Euclid wrote the series called The Elements, a collection of books on geometrical theorems, which became a standard work for over 2000 years. He founded the first school of mathematics He proved there was an infinite number of primes.

    5. The Elements The Elements was a collection of geometrical knowledge presented in 13 volumes. It became the basis of mathematical teaching for 2000 years. The first 6 volumes are plane geometry.Volumes 7-9 are number theories. The 10th volume focuses on Eudoxus’s theory of irrational numbers. Volumes 11-13 consist of solid geometry

    6. Bibliography Internet: www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/ Internet: www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html searchopolis.com

    7. The End

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