Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 29
Papyrus Oxyrhynchus 29 (P. Oxy. 29) is a fragment of the second book of the
Description
The manuscript was written on
The fragment provides a statement of the 5th proposition of Book 2 of the Elements, together with an unlabelled diagram, and a tiny part of the preceding proposition.[2] No part of the proof is provided. In translation, the statement is "If a straight line be cut into equal and unequal segments, the rectangle contained by the unequal segments of the whole together with the square on the straight line between the points of section is equal to the square on the half."[2]
See also
References
- ISBN 0-19-850258-3.
- ^ Bill Casselman, One of the oldest extant diagrams from Euclid
- ^ P. Oxy. 29 at the Oxyrhynchus Online
- ^ Grenfell, B. P.; Hunt, A. S. (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund. p. 58.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: B. P. Grenfell; A. S. Hunt (1898). Oxyrhynchus Papyri I. London: Egypt Exploration Fund.