A formal system for euclid’s elements

Review of Symbolic Logic 2 (4):700--768 (2009)
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Abstract

We present a formal system, E, which provides a faithful model of the proofs in Euclid's Elements, including the use of diagrammatic reasoning.

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Jeremy Avigad
Carnegie Mellon University
Edward Dean
Carnegie Mellon University
John Mumma
California State University, San Bernardino

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The Euclidean Diagram.Kenneth Manders - 2008 - In Paolo Mancosu, The Philosophy of Mathematical Practice. Oxford, GB: Oxford University Press. pp. 80--133.

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