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  • Euclid
    Euclid
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    …the first group is the Data (from the first Greek word in the book, dedomena [ā€œgivenā€]), a disparate collection of 94 advanced geometric propositions that all take the following form: given some item or property, then other items or properties are also ā€œgivenā€ā€”that is, they can be determined. Some of…

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    …the first group is the Data (from the first Greek word in the book, dedomena [ā€œgivenā€]), a disparate collection of 94 advanced geometric propositions that all take the following form: given some item or property, then other items or properties are also ā€œgivenā€ā€”that is, they can be determined. Some of…

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