Data (Euclid)
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Data (Greek: Δεδομένα, Dedomena) is a work by Euclid. It deals with the nature and implications of "given" information in geometrical problems; the subject matter is closely related to the first four books of the Elements.
[edit] Editions and translations
- Greek text
- Data, ed. H. Menge, in Euclidis opera omnia, vol. 6, Leipzig: Teubner, 1896
- English versions
- Translated by Robert Simson: 1821 edition, 1838 edition
- The Data of Euclid, trans. from the text of Menge by George L. McDowell and Merle A. Sokolik, Baltimore: Union Square Press, 1993 (ISBN 0-9635924-1-6)
- The Medieval Latin Translation of the Data of Euclid, translated by Shuntaro Ito, Tokyo University Press, 1980 and Birkhauser, 1998. (ISBN 3-7643-3005-8)
