WELCOME

EUCLID

Father of Geometry

Born

: Mid 4th Century

Residence : Alexandria, Hellenistic Egypt

Died

: Mid 3rd Century BC

GREEK MATHEMATICS

Euclid sometimes known as

Euclid of Alexandria

CONTRIBUTIONS

1. Euclidean Geometry:
The study of Plane and Solid figures

2. Euclids Elements:
The content of this work Elements in the
shape of 13 different books

2. Euclids Elements:
The content of this work Elements in the
shape of 13 different books

3. Euclidean Algorithm:
It is an efficient method for compating the
greatest common divisor (GCD)

Euclids Axioms
10 Axioms

He called these axioms his Postulates

Divided them into two groups of five.
First set common to all mathematics
Second specific to geometry

Apart from the elements, Euclid

also wrote works about

Astronomy
Mirrors
Optics
Perspective
Music Theory

...Thank You...