Comments on: Elementary, my dear Euclid

Elementary, my dear Euclid

Orange Goblin — Sat, 03 Jan 2004 13:51:41 -0800

Euclid's Elements - the ancient Greek mathematicians textbook, presented here with the aid of Java, including Pythagoras' Theorem, and proof that there is an infinite amount of prime numbers.

By: madamjujujive

madamjujujive — Sat, 03 Jan 2004 19:17:01 -0800

Orange Goblin, the finer points of this site are quite lost on me, but it looked like a great resource so I sent this post to my brother who appreciated it. From the horse's mouth: "very cool - thanks." I did say horse's mouth and not ass, right? (just kiddin', li'l bro, just kiddin'!)

By: alumshubby

alumshubby — Sun, 04 Jan 2004 11:33:15 -0800

I remember that in high-school geometry, we discussed how there wasn't any convenient way in Euclidean geometry to trisect an angle. Later, I realized there was an easy way to do this with a ruler.