''Data'' (
Greek
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*Greeks, an ethnic group
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**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor of all kno ...
: Δεδομένα, ''Dedomena'') is a work by
Euclid
Euclid (; ; BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the '' Elements'' treatise, which established the foundations of geometry that largely domina ...
. It deals with the nature and implications of "given" information in geometrical problems. The subject matter is closely related to the first four books of
Euclid
Euclid (; ; BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician active as a geometer and logician. Considered the "father of geometry", he is chiefly known for the '' Elements'' treatise, which established the foundations of geometry that largely domina ...
's ''
Elements''.
Editions and translations
;Greek text
*''Data'', ed. H. Menge, in ''Euclidis opera omnia'', vol. 6, Leipzig:
Teubner
The Bibliotheca Teubneriana, or ''Bibliotheca Scriptorum Graecorum et Romanorum Teubneriana'', also known as Teubner editions of Greek and Latin texts, comprise one of the most thorough modern collections published of ancient (and some medieva ...
, 1896
Google Books
;English versions
*Translated by Robert Simson
1821 edition1838 edition
*''The Data of Euclid'', trans. from the text of Menge by George L. McDowell and Merle A. Sokolik, Baltimore: Union Square Press, 1993 ()
*''The Medieval Latin Translation of the Data of Euclid'', translated by Shuntaro Ito, Tokyo University Press, 1980 and Birkhauser, 1998. ()
Works by Euclid
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