Book XI of the Elements
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Book XI of the Elements is the first book of Euclid’s treatment of solid geometry, laying out the fundamental definitions, postulates, and propositions for three-dimensional figures.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book XI of Euclid's Elements | 1 |
| Book XI of the Elements canonical | 1 |
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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T21858468 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book XI of the Elements Context triple: [Book X of the Elements, precedes, Book XI of the Elements]
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Book VI of the Elements
Book VI of the Elements is a section of Euclid’s mathematical treatise that develops the theory of similar figures and proportional reasoning in plane geometry.
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Book XII of Euclid's Elements
Book XII of Euclid's Elements is a foundational mathematical text that develops the method of exhaustion to rigorously determine areas and volumes of curved figures such as circles, cones, and spheres.
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Book XIII of Euclid's Elements
Book XIII of Euclid's Elements is the concluding book of Euclid’s mathematical treatise, focusing on the construction and properties of the five regular Platonic solids within the framework of classical Greek geometry.
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Book X of the Elements
Book X of the Elements is a section of Euclid’s mathematical treatise that systematically develops the theory of irrational magnitudes and incommensurability.
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Book V of the Elements
Book V of the Elements is the section of Euclid’s mathematical treatise that rigorously develops the general theory of proportion, foundational for real number and magnitude theory in geometry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book XI of the Elements Target entity description: Book XI of the Elements is the first book of Euclid’s treatment of solid geometry, laying out the fundamental definitions, postulates, and propositions for three-dimensional figures.
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A.
Book VI of the Elements
Book VI of the Elements is a section of Euclid’s mathematical treatise that develops the theory of similar figures and proportional reasoning in plane geometry.
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B.
Book XII of Euclid's Elements
Book XII of Euclid's Elements is a foundational mathematical text that develops the method of exhaustion to rigorously determine areas and volumes of curved figures such as circles, cones, and spheres.
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C.
Book XIII of Euclid's Elements
Book XIII of Euclid's Elements is the concluding book of Euclid’s mathematical treatise, focusing on the construction and properties of the five regular Platonic solids within the framework of classical Greek geometry.
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D.
Book X of the Elements
Book X of the Elements is a section of Euclid’s mathematical treatise that systematically develops the theory of irrational magnitudes and incommensurability.
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E.
Book V of the Elements
Book V of the Elements is the section of Euclid’s mathematical treatise that rigorously develops the general theory of proportion, foundational for real number and magnitude theory in geometry.
- F. None of above. chosen
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linked to: Book XI of the Elements