Proportions of Numbers and Magnitudes in Euclid’s Book “Elements” (828 words, 4 pages)
Proportions of Numbers and MagnitudesIn the Elements, Euclid devotes a book to magnitudes (Five), and he devotes abook to numbers (Seven). Both magnitudes and numbers represent quantity,however magnitude is continuous while number is discrete. That is, numbers arecomposed of units which can be used to divide the whole, while magnitudes ...
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