Euclid's Data

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Data (Greek: Δεδομένα, Dedomena) is a work by Euclid. It deals with the nature and implications of "given" information in geometrical problems. The subject matter is closely related to the first four books of Euclid's Elements. The book contains 15 definitions and 94 propositions.

Editions and translations

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Greek text

Data, ed. H. Menge, in Euclidis opera omnia, vol. 6, Leipzig: Teubner, 1896 (Google Books, Wilbour Hall)

English versions

Translated by Robert Simson: 1821 edition, 1838 edition
The Data of Euclid, trans. from the text of Menge by George L. McDowell and Merle A. Sokolik, Baltimore: Union Square Press, 1993 (ISBN 0-9635924-1-6)
The Medieval Latin Translation of the Data of Euclid, translated by Shuntaro Ito, Tokyo University Press, 1980 and Birkhauser, 1998. (ISBN 3-7643-3005-8)

Euclid

Works

Topics

Scholars

Classical	Proclus Theon of Alexandria
Medieval	Al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar Ishaq ibn Hunayn Thābit ibn Qurra Nasir al-Din al-Tusi Adelard of Bath Herman of Carinthia John of Tynemouth Gerard of Cremona Campanus of Novara
Renaissance	Simon Grynaeus Nicolo Tartaglia Henry Billingsley Federico Commandino Christopher Clavius Matteo Ricci Xu Guangqi John Dee Henry Briggs Henry Savile Georges Fournier Thomas Rudd Isaac Barrow
18th–early 20th centuries	Robert Simson Oliver Byrne John Casey Johan Ludvig Heiberg Isaac Todhunter Thomas Heath

Manuscripts and editions

Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 29

Category

Ancient Greek mathematics

Mathematicians
(timeline)

Treatises

Concepts
and definitions

Results

In Elements	Angle bisector theorem Exterior angle theorem Euclidean algorithm Euclid's theorem Geometric mean theorem Hinge theorem Inscribed angle theorem Intercept theorem Intersecting chords theorem Intersecting secants theorem Law of cosines Pons asinorum Pythagorean theorem Tangent-secant theorem Thales's theorem Theorem of the gnomon

Centers/Schools

Ancient Greek astronomy Attic numerals Greek numerals
History of	A History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Heath Archimedes Palimpsest algebra timeline arithmetic timeline calculus timeline geometry timeline logic timeline mathematics timeline numbers prehistoric counting numeral systems list
Other cultures	Arabian/Islamic Babylonian Chinese Egyptian Inca Indian Japanese