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Euclid's Elements, Book I

Book II

elem.1.1 On a given finite straight line to construct an equilateral triangle. f. 012 digilib
elem.1.2 To place at a given point (as an extremity) a straight line equal to a given straight line. f. 012 digilib
elem.1.3 Given two unequal straight lines, to cut off from the greater a straight line equal to the less. f. 013 digilib
elem.1.4 If two triangles have the two sides equal to two sides respectively, and have the angles contained by the equal straight lines equal, they will also have the base equal to the base, the triangle will be equal to the triangle, and the remaining angles will be equal to the remaining angles respectively, namely those which the equal sides subtend. f. 013 digilib
elem.1.5 In isosceles triangles the angles at the base are equal to one another, and, if the equal straight lines be produced further, the angles under the base will be equal to one another. f. 014 digilib
elem.1.6 If in a triangle two angles be equal to one another, the sides which subtend the equal angles will also be equal to one another. f. 015 digilib
elem.1.7 Given two straight lines constructed on a straight line (from its extremities) and meeting in a point, there cannot be constructed on the same straight line (from its extremities), and on the same side of it, two other straight lines meeting in another point and equal to the former two respectively, namely each to that which has the same extremity with it. f. 015 digilib
elem.1.8 If two triangles have the two sides equal to two sides respectively, and have also the base equal to the base, they will also have the angles equal which are contained by the equal straight lines. f. 016 digilib
elem.1.9 To bisect a given rectilineal angle. f. 017 digilib
elem.1.10 To bisect a given finite straight line. f. 017 digilib
elem.1.11 To draw a straight line at right angles to a given straight line from a given point on it. f. 017 digilib
elem.1.12 To a given infinite straight line, from a given point which is not on it, to draw a perpendicular straight line. f. 018 digilib
elem.1.13 If a straight line set up on a straight line make angles, it will make either two right angles or angles equal to two right angles. f. 018 digilib
elem.1.14 If with any straight line, and at a point on it, two straight lines not lying on the same side make the adjacent angles equal to two right angles, the two straight lines will be in a straight line with one another. f. 019 digilib
elem.1.15 If two straight lines cut one another, they make the vertical angles equal to one another. f. 019 digilib
elem.1.16 In any triangle, if one of the sides be produced, the exterior angle is greater than either of the interior and opposite angles. f. 020 digilib
elem.1.17 In any triangle two angles taken together in any manner are less than two right angles. f. 020 digilib
elem.1.18 In any triangle the greater side subtends the greater angle. f. 020 digilib
elem.1.19 In any triangle the greater angle is subtended by the greater side. f. 021 digilib
elem.1.20 In any triangle two sides taken together in any manner are greater than the remaining one. f. 021 digilib
elem.1.21 If on one of the sides of a triangle, from its extremities, there be constructed two straight lines meeting within the triangle, the straight lines so constructed will be less than the remaining two sides of the triangle, but will contain a greater angle. f. 021 digilib
elem.1.22 Out of three straight lines, which are equal to three given straight lines, to construct a triangle: thus it is necessary that two of the straight lines taken together in any manner should be greater than the remaining one. [I. 20] f. 022 digilib
elem.1.23 On a given straight line and at a point on it to construct a rectilineal angle equal to a given rectilineal angle. f. 023 digilib
elem.1.24 If two triangles have the two sides equal to two sides respectively, but have the one of the angles contained by the equal straight lines greater than the other, they will also have the base greater than the base. f. 023 digilib
elem.1.25 If two triangles have the two sides equal to two sides respectively, but have the base greater than the base, they will also have the one of the angles contained by the equal straight lines greater than the other. f. 024 digilib
elem.1.26 If two triangles have the two angles equal to two angles respectively, and one side equal to one side, namely, either the side adjoining the equal angles, or that subtending one of the equal angles, they will also have the remaining sides equal to the remaining sides and the remaining angle to the remaining angle. f. 024 digilib
elem.1.27 If a straight line falling on two straight lines make the alternate angles equal to one another, the straight lines will be parallel to one another. f. 025 digilib
elem.1.28 If a straight line falling on two straight lines make the exterior angle equal to the interior and opposite angle on the same side, or the interior angles on the same side equal to two right angles, the straight lines will be parallel to one another. f. 026 digilib
elem.1.29 A straight line falling on parallel straight lines makes the alternate angles equal to one another, the exterior angle equal to the interior and opposite angle, and the interior angles on the same side equal to two right angles. f. 026 digilib
elem.1.30 Straight lines parallel to the same straight line are also parallel to one another. f. 027 digilib
elem.1.31 Through a given point to draw a straight line parallel to a given straight line. f. 027 digilib
elem.1.32 In any triangle, if one of the sides be produced, the exterior angle is equal to the two interior and opposite angles, and the three interior angles of the triangle are equal to two right angles. f. 028 digilib
elem.1.33 The straight lines joining equal and parallel straight lines (at the extremities which are) in the same directions (respectively) are themselves also equal and parallel. f. 028 digilib
elem.1.34 In parallelogrammic areas the opposite sides and angles are equal to one another, and the diameter bisects the areas. f. 029 digilib
elem.1.35 Parallelograms which are on the same base and in the same parallels are equal to one another. f. 029 digilib
elem.1.36 Parallelograms which are on equal bases and in the same parallels are equal to one another. f. 030 digilib
elem.1.37 Triangles which are on the same base and in the same parallels are equal to one another. f. 030 digilib
elem.1.38 Triangles which are on equal bases and in the same parallels are equal to one another. f. 031 digilib
elem.1.39 Equal triangles which are on the same base and on the same side are also in the same parallels. f. 031 digilib
elem.1.40 Equal triangles which are on equal bases and on the same side are also in the same parallels. f. 031 digilib
elem.1.41 If a parallelogram have the same base with a triangle and be in the same parallels, the parallelogram is double of the triangle. f. 032 digilib
elem.1.42 To construct, in a given rectilineal angle, a parallelogram equal to a given triangle. f. 032 digilib
elem.1.43 In any parallelogram the complements of the parallelograms about the diameter are equal to one another. f. 033 digilib
elem.1.44 To a given straight line to apply, in a given rectilineal angle, a parallelogram equal to a given triangle. f. 033 digilib
elem.1.45 To construct, in a given rectilineal angle, a parallelogram equal to a given rectilineal figure. f. 034 digilib
elem.1.46 On a given straight line to describe a square. f. 035 digilib
elem.1.47 In right-angled triangles the square on the side subtending the right angle is equal to the squares on the sides containing the right angle. f. 035 digilib
elem.1.48 If in a triangle the square on one of the sides be equal to the squares on the remaining two sides of the triangle, the angle contained by the remaining two sides of the triangle is right. f. 036 digilib

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Published May 8, 2008. Copyright 2008, Clay Mathematics Institute

Proposition 1.48



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