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Proposition: Prop. 9.13: Divisibility of Elements of Geometric Progression from One where First Element is Prime

Euclid's Formulation

If any multitude whatsoever of numbers is in continued proportion, (starting) from a unit, and the (number) after the unit is prime, then the greatest (number) will be measured by no [other] (numbers) except (numbers) existing among the proportional numbers.

• Let any multitude whatsoever of numbers, $A$, $B$, $C$, $D$, be in continued proportion, (starting) from a unit.
• And let the (number) after the unit, $A$, be prime.
• I say that the greatest of them, $D$, will be measured by no other (numbers) except $A$, $B$, $C$.

Modern Formulation

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1. Fitzpatrick, Richard: Euclid's "Elements of Geometry"

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1. Prime.mover and others: "Pr∞fWiki", https://proofwiki.org/wiki/Main_Page, 2016