Elements (Ancient Greek text)

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:philosophy
gptkbp:author	gptkb:Euclid
gptkbp:Book_I_subject	basic plane geometry
gptkbp:Book_II_subject	geometric algebra
gptkbp:Book_III_subject	circles
gptkbp:Book_IV_subject	regular polygons
gptkbp:Book_IX_subject	number theory
gptkbp:Book_V_subject	proportion theory
gptkbp:Book_VI_subject	similar figures
gptkbp:Book_VII_subject	number theory
gptkbp:Book_VIII_subject	continued proportion in numbers
gptkbp:Book_X_subject	irrational lines
gptkbp:Book_XI_subject	solid geometry
gptkbp:Book_XII_subject	method of exhaustion
gptkbp:Book_XIII_subject	regular solids
gptkbp:contains	gptkb:Euclid's_postulates propositions proofs Euclid's common notions
gptkbp:dateWritten	circa 300 BCE
gptkbp:firstPublished	gptkb:Erhard_Ratdolt 1482
gptkbp:genre	gptkb:mathematics
gptkbp:hasTextbook	over 2000 years
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Elements (Ancient Greek text)
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:mathematics gptkb:philosophy gptkb:science
gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Pythagoras gptkb:Theaetetus gptkb:Eudoxus_of_Cnidus gptkb:Hippocrates_of_Chios
gptkbp:legacy	influenced Carl Friedrich Gauss influenced David Hilbert influenced Isaac Newton influenced mathematical education
gptkbp:mostFamousBook	gptkb:Book_V gptkb:Book_I gptkb:Book_XIII
gptkbp:notable_for	gptkb:Pythagorean_theorem infinitude of primes construction of regular pentagon sum of angles in triangle equals two right angles
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:Euclidean_geometry axiomatic method
gptkbp:numberOfBooks	13
gptkbp:originalLanguage	gptkb:Ancient_Greek
gptkbp:preservedIn	Latin translations Arabic translations Greek manuscripts
gptkbp:significance	foundation of geometry basis for logical deduction in mathematics most successful textbook ever written
gptkbp:structure	propositions postulates proofs definitions
gptkbp:subject	gptkb:geometry number theory
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Euclid's_Elements_(Latin_translation)
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7