Euclid:Proposition/II/11
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Proposition
In the words of Euclid:
- To cut a given a straight line so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the segments equals the square on the remaining segments.
(The Elements: Book $\text{II}$: Proposition $11$)
Sources
- 1926: Sir Thomas L. Heath: Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements: Volume 1 (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Book $\text{II}$. Propositions