
Euclid’s Elements, Book X, Proposition 21 (X.21)
Sep 18, 2024
“The rectangle contained by rational straight lines commensurable in square only is irrational, and the side of the square equal to it is irrational. Let the latter be called medial.”

“The rectangle contained by rational straight lines commensurable in square only is irrational, and the side of the square equal to it is irrational. Let the latter be called medial.”