Euclid

Euclid

The life and discoveries of Euclid have changed many things in the teaching of mathematics. Trigonometry, algebraic reasoning, equations, fractions, logarithms, Euclidean axiom, Euclidean division, Euclidean geometry, Euclidean algorithm, there are numerous topics of mathematics that today form the basis of the mathematician’s research.

Born in Athens (Greece) around 330 BC , Euclid was a professor at the School of Alexandria. He frequented the corridors of the library and the great museum of Alexandria.

The mathematician is famous throughout the world for a work written around 300 BC called Elements, considered by many as ” the Bible of mathematics “, the book has sold almost as much as the Bible.

This work, divided into 13 volumes, presents theories on plane geometry and arithmetic (triangles, parallel straight lines, circles, etc.). Euclid proved the Pythagorean theorem and explained how the greatest common divisor and Euclidean divisions work .

The Euclidean division is nothing more than division as explained to primary school students. This is done with a dividend, a divisor, a quotient, and a remainder. Euclid also explained how to find the greatest common divisor (the greatest common divisor), that is, find the number common to two numbers that allows them to be divided. Finding the GCF makes division easier.

Euclid died in 265 BC in Alexandria, according to the few documents found about his life.

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