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Comparing angles in Euclid's Elements
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Comparing angles in Euclid's Elements

Alexander Shen
02/04/2024

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The exposition in Euclid's Elements contains an obvious gap (seemingly unnoticed by most commentators): he often compares not just angles, but groups of angles, and at the same time he avoids summing angles (and considering angles greater than π), and does not say what such a comparison of groups could mean. We discuss the problem and suggest a possible interpretation that could make Euclid's exposition consistent.

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