Proposition: Prop. 9.11: Elements of Geometric Progression from One which Divide Later Elements
(Proposition 11 from Book 9 of Euclid's “Elements”)
If any multitude whatsoever of numbers is in continued proportion, (starting) from a unit, then a lesser (number) measures a greater according to some existing (number) among the proportional numbers.
- Let any multitude whatsoever of numbers, $B$, $C$, $D$, $E$, be in continued proportion, (starting) from the unit $A$.
- I say that, for $B$, $C$, $D$, $E$, the least (number), $B$, measures $E$ according to some (one) of $C$, $D$.
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