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Proposition: Prop. 10.026: Medial Area not greater than Medial Area by Rational Area

(Proposition 26 from Book 10 of Euclid's “Elements”)

A medial (area) does not exceed a medial (area) by a rational (area).

Modern Formulation

In other words, a positive rational number \(\delta\) is never a difference of square roots of two other positive rational numbers $\alpha$ and $\beta$, formally \[\sqrt{\alpha}-\sqrt{\beta}\neq \delta\]

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

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