Euclid:Proposition/X/110

Proposition

In the words of Euclid:

If from a medial area there be subtracted a medial area incommensurable with the whole, the two remaining irrational straight lines, either a second apotome of a medial straight line or a straight line which produces with a medial area a medial whole.

(The Elements: Book $\text{X}$: Proposition $110$)

Sources

• 1926: Sir Thomas L. Heath: Euclid: The Thirteen Books of The Elements: Volume 3 (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Book $\text{X}$. Propositions