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Subsection: Definitions from Book 4

This subsection lists the definitions from Book 4 of "Euclid’s Elements". Euclid’s definitions avoid figures. At BookOfProofs, figures are given for the most definitions.

Table of Contents

1. Definition: 4.1: Rectilinear Figure Inscribed in Another Rectilinear Figure
2. Definition: 4.2: Rectilinear Figure Circumscribed about Another Rectilinear Figure
3. Definition: 4.3: Inscribing Rectilinear Figures in Circles
4. Definition: 4.4: Circumscribing Rectilinear Figures about Circles
5. Definition: 4.7: Chord and Secant
6. Definition: 4.6: Circumscribing Circles about Rectilinear Figures
7. Definition: 4.5: Inscribing Circles in Rectilinear Figures

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References

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1. Callahan, Daniel: "Euclid’s 'Elements' Redux" 2014
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Bibliography

1. Health L. Thomas (Transl.): "Euclid's Elements - all thirteen books", Green Lion Press, 2013,