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Proposition: 6.13: Construction of Mean Proportional

(Proposition 13 from Book 6 of Euclid's “Elements”)1

To find the (straight line) in mean proportion3 to two given straight lines. * Let $AB$ and $BC$ be the two given straight lines. * So it is required to find the (straight line) in mean proportion3 to $AB$ and $BC$.

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Modern Formulation

It is possible to construct a segment with a length being the geometric mean3 of the lengths of two given other segments.

Table of Contents

Proofs: 1

Mentioned in:

Corollaries: 1
Proofs: 2 3 4 5
Propositions: 6 7
Solutions: 8

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References

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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

Footnotes

  1. In other words, to find the geometric mean of two given straight lines (translator's note). ↩