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ELEMENTS BOOK 10





                                    Incommensurable Magnitudes                          †


































































              † The theory of incommensurable magntidues set out in this book is generally attributed to Theaetetus of Athens. In the footnotes throughout
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            this book, k, k , etc. stand for distinct ratios of positive integers.
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