History of Euclid

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His most famous work is the Elements, a book in which he deduces the properties of geometrical objects and integers from a set of axioms, thereby anticipating the axiomatic method of modern mathematics. Many of the results in the Elements originated with earlier mathematicians, and one of Euclid's major accomplishments was to present them in one logically coherent framework. (see also Algorithm)

His most famous work is the Elements, a book in which he deduces the properties of geometrical objects and integers from a set of axioms, thereby anticipating the axiomatic method of modern mathematics. Many of the results in the Elements originated with earlier mathematicians, and one of Euclid's major accomplishments was to present them in one logically coherent framework.