Proposition: Prop. 10.033: Construction of Components of Major

(Proposition 33 from Book 10 of Euclid's “Elements”)

To find two straight lines (which are) incommensurable in square, making the sum of the squares on them rational, and the (rectangle contained) by them medial. fig033e

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

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